Meanwhile in Faisalabad, an Australian expert, Dr Neil William Forrester has warned that cotton crop in Pakistan is in trouble because inadequate seed provision and spread of diseases, especially cotton leaf curl virus (CLCV), were causing a loss of 10 to 15 million bales worth $4 billion every year.
WWF-Pakistan and the Agriculture Extension Department (AED) Balochistan have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to initiate a formal partnership for capacity building of organic cotton farmers in Balochistan in order to meet organic cotton standards.
Organic cotton is grown without using any chemical fertilisers or pesticides and is cultivated on#
Speaking at a special lecture on cotton crisis in Pakistan at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad, he said cotton production in Punjab dropped 44 per cent and 5 per cent in Sindh. Pakistan's overall, cotton output has gone down 34 per cent, he said. (SH)
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