Pakistan's Cotton Crop Assessment Committee (CCAC) has secretly revised downward the cotton estimates to 10.85 million for the current season against#
Sindh was projected to produce 4.4 million bales from 1.6 million acres. The sowing was on 1.4 million acres thereby missing the target by 10 per cent. The projected estimate was revised downward to 3.4 million bales after pink bollworm and whitefly attacks have badly affected the crop. Balochistan was projected to produce 0.58 million bales from 0.1 million acres. However, the production target was revised downward to 0.057 million. Khyber Pakhtunkhawa was projected to produce 0.0015 million bales from 0.001 million acres. (SH)
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