Cotton committee to discuss crop output

Cotton Crop Assessment Committee is set to meet in the third week of October

ISLAMABAD: The Cotton Crop Assessment Committee (CCAC) is set to meet in the third week of October to make the second estimation of cotton output during the season. It will also discuss the issues and challenges impeding output of major cash crop in the country.

The first meeting of the committee was held in September 12, in which it revised the estimations of crop output downward from 14.5 million bales to 10.874 million bales for the season 2018-19, said Ministry of National Food Security and Research Cotton Commissioner
Khalid Abdullah.

Talking to APP on Tuesday, he said that due to low intensity of pest attacks on crop and suitable weather conditions across the cotton sowing areas, it was expected that the output figures would be improved in the second estimations.

He added that cotton sowing in the country had registered 11% decrease during the current season, which was mainly attributed to shortage of irrigation water.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 10^th, 2018.

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