Pakistan's cotton yield and domestinc textile demand

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Pakistan’s is worlds 4th largest producer of cotton and this year we are expecting a 13% in the yield. The reasons mentioned were poor quality of support servives offered by the govt, adulteration of pesticides and fertilizers. Farmers often complain that govt. only pays lip service to their concerns. Worlwide cotton prices are expected to be higher by about 50%.
Due to this shortage Pakistan is expected to import some 1.5 million bales of cotton to meet the domestic textile demands. The textile manufucturers complain that even though they have modernized yet the Pak’s cotton output has stayed virtually same over the years. They complain that there is virtually no effort to improve the agricultural are by the govt.

Link to the article in LA Times

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Re: Pakistan's cotton yield and domestinc textile demand

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this year we are expecting a 13% in the yield.
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13% reduction or improvement?

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reduction :D sorry missed that important detail

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There is one hint for "farmers". They should call up a meeting with Musharraf and say that Al-Qaida is planning to destroy production of cotton and its farms and they want to steal all good quality of pesticides.... and they'll see the results within days, otherwise they can sit next to river Indus and cry as much.