Cotton production in India's biggest cotton producing state Maharashtra, which accounts for almost 25-30 per cent of India's cotton output is likely to drop 10-15 per cent in this season. Reasons include delay in sowing of cotton because of a late monsoon and also a partial switch by farmers in Vidarbha and Marathawada to alternative crops.
“In the primary cotton-growing belt of Marathawada and Vidarbha, due to a delay in rains, farmers switched to other crops like soya bean, which will lead to cotton output falling 10-15 per cent” minister of agriculture Pandurang Phundkar said.Cotton production in India's biggest cotton producing state Maharashtra, which accounts for almost 25-30 per cent of India's cotton output is likely to drop 10-15 per cent in this season. Reasons include delay in sowing of cotton because of a late monsoon and also a partial switch by farmers in Vidarbha and Marathawada to alternative crops.#
“But, the shortfall in production of cotton along with more demand, will garner higher returns for farmers,” media reports quoted the minister as saying.
The monsoon has arrived late in a few regions of Maharashtra in this season, which is not friendly for the cotton crop. (AR)
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