MUMBAI (Commoditiescontrol) - All India cotton production in 2015-16 is seen at 335 lakh bales (170kgs each), as per central government’s first advance estimate.
Cotton output was seen at 355 lakh bales in 2014-15, as per fourth and final estimate of the government for 2014-15.
The cumulative rainfall during the current monsoon season has been deficient by 16 percent, higher than rainfall deficit of 12 percent in 2014-15.
This year’s monsoon was extremely weak over Gujarat, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, north interior Karnataka, Telangana, east Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Delhi. Elsewhere, monsoon rains were seen normal on the whole.
Less than normal rainfall in major agriculture belts in the country is likely to impact yield and may affect kharif production numbers.
That apart, whitefly attack menace on cotton crop in northern India posed a serious threat to cotton growers this year, damaging their crop to the extent it became unmanageable to control.
As per a latest field survey conducted by Revenue Department in collaboration with the Agriculture Department, at least 1.30 lakh hectares of the 4.50 lakh hectares cotton crop in Punjab have been attacked so far this year.
(By Commoditiescontrol Bureau; +91-22-40015532)
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