At a meeting of the Cotton Commission, it was decided that in the current fiscal year, the cultivated area of ​​cotton will be increased by 8% from the previous year to 8.01 million acres.

Pakistan’s Cotton Council includes the President of Pakistan, which will promote the country’s domestic cotton production. The Cotton Council convened a meeting on March 28, which was chaired by the Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Poultry, Gundar, who recommended raising the current year’s cotton. Cultivate the area.

The Cotton Council will develop new ways to help increase the output of national cotton per hectare. Gandall added that cotton will be cultivated in Potohar, KPP and Balochistan provinces in Punjab province.

Gundar predicts that the government will set up the Pakistan Cotton Bureau, which will be an autonomous organization. The goal is to say that development will develop the cotton leaf cotton varieties in the final stages of the concept.

Gandall revealed that the Central Cotton Council of Pakistan has instructed to import more cotton varieties from foreign countries. The seeds will be given to researchers for further development studies.

The Pakistani government fixed the cotton cultivation target at 14 million bales last year, but this goal has not been achieved because of flood damage to the cotton crop.

Despite the impact of floods, Pakistan’s cotton production is still higher than 11.5 million bales. The textile industry in Pakistan requires about 14.5 million bales of cotton each year, and better weather conditions in 2011. If the output can increase by 8%, the country’s total cotton production is estimated to reach 15 million bales.