Pakistan: more cotton grown on less land
05/07/2022
Cotton ginning also increased by 9.2% during the period.
The double-digit rise in cotton growing was tied to factors such as favourable weather conditions, improved crop management and attractive cotton prices both at home and abroad, the ministry said.
A 6.8% decrease in total cropped area was observed, however, which was linked to a wider trend of decline over the past decade "or so", as cotton cultivation has reportedly proven less attractive to growers than competing crops, including sugarcane, maize, potato and rice.
Pakistan is today the fifth-largest cotton producer in the world, the survey noted, with cotton and textile exports representing approximately 60% of the country’s total.
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