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Pakistan farmer preference to grow cash crop lowers cotton production by 13pc

Poor water management, pest attacks, rainfall and weather conditions played their due parts in lower production of cotton as farmers…

10 years ago

Pink bollworm strikes cotton crop in Maharashtra, India

According to the official, an economic threshold is the insect's population level or extent of crop damage at which the…

6 years ago

The dry spell in recent years in the Cauvery Delta districts has brought to the fore the need for diversifying crop variety in the traditional paddy growing areas

While cotton areas are up in certain areas, a shift in mindset is needed according to official sources. Last year,…

6 years ago

Cotton crop estimated at comfortable position during the 2017-18 season

The Southern India Mills Association (SIMA) is estimating the cotton crop at 370 to 380-lakh bales of 170 kg each…

7 years ago

Cotton output estimated at 30mn bales in the crop year 2014-15

With a revival in the monsoon, sowing area under cotton although has intensified yet the overall sowing area under cotton…

10 years ago

Pakistan cotton output likely to fall short of target

At the beginning of current season, the Federal Committee on Agriculture had projected that farmers would plant cotton over an…

7 years ago

Pakistani cotton yields decreasing at high rate due to contamination

Pakistani cotton, the most important cash crop and a major source of foreign exchange earnings which also provides livelihood to…

8 years ago

Textile ministry refuses to handing over its cotton wing

The Pakistan food security ministry is seeking to take back control of the cotton department on the grounds that it…

8 years ago

CSIR introduces new technology to increase cotton yield to feed textile industry

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in order to improve production of the cash crop to feed the…

8 years ago

Swaziland local cotton industry hit due to decline of world prices

Cotton is the second major cash crop after sugarcane in Swaziland and the main source of income for small scale…

9 years ago