ISLAMABAD: About 15.1 million cotton bales production is expected during the current crop season as cotton sowing witnessed 4.5 percent increase in Punjab and 5.8 percent in Sindh Province.
The Punjab Province had achieved over 94 percent of crop sowing target set for the current crop season, said Cotton Commissioner in the Ministry of Textile Industry, Dr. Khalid Abdullah.
Talking to APP here on Monday, he said that the crop was cultivated over 5.68 million acres as against the set targets of 6 million acres which was up by 4.5 percent as compared to the sowing of same period last year.
He said that cotton production in Punjab is expected to reach over 10.5 million bales as the area under crop production has registered significant increase.
Meanwhile, in Sindh Province crop production is expected to reach 4.5 million bales as the province has achieved 92 percent of the set sowing targets, he added.
Crop had been cultivated about 1.48 million acres of land as against the set targets of 1.6 million acres for the recent crop season, he added.
Cotton Commissioner said that filed formations has reported 25-30 maund crop output per acre in Sindh Province due to favorable weather conditions which was indicating a healthy crop.
He said that crop position in Fasilabad, Multan, Sahiwal, Rahimyar Khan regions of Punjab was satisfactory and upto the mark where plant population also increased with better development and less Cotton leave curl attacks.
Dr. Abdullah said that Gothki, Sarkand and Mirpur Khas regions of the Sindh Province has also witnessed better crop out-put during the recent season.
Cotton Commissioner said that fortunately upto now, cotton crop was not affected from the recent rains and floods as no any untoward situation was recorded in cotton growing areas.
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