Cotton production estimated at 9.451m bales.

ISLAMABAD -- The Cotton Crop Assessment Committee (CCAC) on Friday estimated local crop output season at 9.451 million bales as against the set production targets of 12m bales.

Sharing details, Cotton Commissioner Dr Khalid Abdullah said a meeting to assess the current crop volume was chaired by Minister for National Food Security and Research Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar.

Dr Abdullah briefed the meeting that cotton output in Punjab province was expected to reach 6.671m bales and in Sindh it was assessed at 2.68m bales. Crop output of Balochistan was estimated at 0.098m bales, he added.

The commissioner noted that the crop faced extraordinary temperature increases during the critical stages of crop development followed by an unexpected rise in temperature by 2 to 5 degrees Celsius during September.

'Such harsh temperature affected the plant nutrition development capability and puts the plant under stress, thereby...

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