The Cotton Crop Assessment Committee on Monday agreed to set production target at 12.41 million bales for the current season. The committee, which met under the chairmanship of Food and Agriculture Minister Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan, reviewed the current cultivated area and production target.
The meeting was informed that the ginning out-turn, staple length and strength of the crop this season was reported better. The next review meeting would be convened in the first week of December.
The estimate includes 10 million bales cotton from Punjab, 2.3 million bales from Sindh, 0.103 million bales from Balochistan and 0.007 million bales from NWFP.
The meeting was attended by Secretary, Ministry of Textile Industry, Agricultural Development Commissioner Minfal, Joint Secretary (A/E) Minfal, Vice President, Pakistan Central Cotton Committee, Secretary, Agriculture Sindh & Balochistan, Director Crop Reporting, Agriculture Department, Punjab, and senior officers of Provincial Agriculture Department, TCP, PCSI, PCCC and representatives of KCA, Aptma and growers.
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