Appendix 1
Average climatic parameters for the period of 1984–2013
Zones
Districts
Climatic temperature (°C)
Climatic precipitation (mm)
Sowing
stage
Flowering
stage
Harvesting
stage
Sowing
stage
Flowering
stage
Harvesting
stage
Zone-A Mardan
11.15
9.79
21.72
34.68
25.45
36.52
Zone-B Sialkot
12.15
11.78
25.33
27.00
16.5
17.63
Zone-C Bahawalpur 16.36
15.59
28.31
6.95
3.64
3.62
Zone-D Sukkur
18.93
17.79
29.84
3.59
1.10
2.40
Zone-E Banazir
Abad
19.70
18.57
30.06
2.11
1.06
1.93
Author’s own
Appendix 2
Average climatic parameters for the period of 2009–2013
Zones
Districts
Climatic temperature (°C)
Climatic precipitation (mm)
Sowing
stage
Flowering
stage
Harvesting
stage
Sowing
stage
Flowering
stage
Harvesting
stage
Zone-A Mardan
11.55
9.89
21.65
33.86
25.71
37.28
Zone-B Sialkot
12.11
12.00
25.30
24.93
16.15
17.93
Zone-C Bahawalpur 16.18
15.68
28.19
5.24
3.63
3.39
Zone-D Sukkur
19.16
17.86
29.73
3.12
1.14
2.03
Zone-E Banazir
Abad
19.88
18.64
29.95
2.04
1.25
1.44
Author’s own
Appendix 3
Augmented Dickey Fuller unit root test
Variables
Unit root test at
level
Unit root test at 1st
difference
Decision
Order of
integration
t-stat
Prob.
t-stat
Prob.
TEMP Sowing
7.2401 1.0000
−3.1362 0.0026*
Non-stationary at
level but stationary
at first difference
I(1)
TEMP Flowering
7.0394 1.0000
−7.0866 0.0000*
Non-stationary at
level but stationary
at first difference
I(1)
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