Pakistan’s cotton sector will surely improve in coming years as effective measures are being taken, said Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam on Friday while chairing a meeting on Cotton Crop Assessment Committee. He highlighted that issues of domestic cotton production were seed quality, absence of new seed technology, heat waves and climate change, cotton leaf curl virus, pink bollworm and white fly. During the meeting it was disclosed that there was 4% decline in the cotton area in Punjab, which has changed the pest complex. Punjab division assessed production target between 5.30 million bales. Moreover, Sindh division also mentioned that due to heavy rains cotton crop was facing issues. Mirpurkhas and Sanghar have faced severe crop damage. Sindh gave target of three million bales, while, Khyber-Pathunkhwa assessed target of 0.065 million bales and Balochistan of 0.291 million bales.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 3rd, 2020.
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