Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 150
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 151
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Warning (512): Unable to emit headers. Headers sent in file=/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php line=853 [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 48]
Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 148]
Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 181]
LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Agriculture Ministry may up cotton estimates to 35.2 mn bales for 2011-12

Agriculture Ministry may up cotton estimates to 35.2 mn bales for 2011-12

Share this article Share this article
published Published on Apr 11, 2012   modified Modified on Apr 11, 2012
-PTI

The Agriculture Ministry is likely to revise upwards the country's cotton production estimate by 3.5 per cent to a record 35.2 million bales for the current marketing year, a government official said. 

The ministry releases four advance estimates at different stages of crop growth. In its second advance estimate, cotton production was pegged at 34 million bales for the ongoing 2011-12 marketing year ending September. 

"The cotton production has slightly improved and it is expected to touch an all-time record of 35.2 million bales this year," a senior Agriculture Ministry official told PTI. 

The change in output figures will reflect in the third estimate, which will be released later this month, the official said. 

Last year, cotton production was 33 million bales. One bale contains 170 kg of cotton. 

Cotton, a predominantly monsoon (kharif) season crop, is is planted from the end of April through September and harvested from October. 

The country's two-thirds of cotton is produced in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Orissa where much of the crop is rain fed. 

Bt cotton now accounts for an estimated 92 per cent of total cotton area and over 95 per cent of India's cotton production. There are an estimated 5.5 million cotton farmers with the average farm size of 1.5 hectares.

The Economic Times, 11 April, 2012, http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/agriculture-ministry-may-up-cotton-estimates-to-35-2-mn-bales-for-2011-12/articleshow/12622526.cms


Related Articles

 

Write Comments

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*

Video Archives

Archives

share on Facebook
Twitter
RSS
Feedback
Read Later

Contact Form

Please enter security code
      Close