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Growth
of Indian Cotton | Consumption | India's
share in World
GROWTH OF INDIAN
COTTON
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AREA PRODUCTION AND
YIELD:
Over the years, country has
achieved significant quantitative increase in
cotton production. Till 1970s, country used to
import massive quantities of cotton in the range
of 8.00 to 9.00 lakh bales per annum.
However, after Government launched special schemes
like intensive cotton production programmes
through successive five-year plans, that cotton
production received the necessary impetus through
increase in area and sowing of Hybrid varieties
around mid 70s. Since then country has
become self-sufficient in cotton production
barring few years in the late 90s and early 20s
when large quantities of cotton had to be imported
due to lower crop production and increasing cotton
requirements of the domestic textile
industry.
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Since launch of "Technology
Mission on Cotton" by Government of India in
February 2000 significant achievements have been made in
increasing yield and production through development of
high yielding varieties, appropriate transfer of
technology, better farm management practices, increased
area under cultivation of Bt cotton hybrids etc. All
these developments have resulted into a turn
around in cotton production in the country since last
2/3 years. The yield per hectare which has
remained stagnant at about 300 kg/ha for more than 10
years, increased to 470 kg/ha in cotton season 2004-05
and to 553 kg/ha in cotton season 2007-08.
The fundamental changes that taking
place in the realm of cotton cultivation in the country,
are having the potential to take the current
productivity level near to the world average cotton
production per hectare in the near future. Apart from meeting the increased cotton consumption by
domestic textile industry, country may have sufficient
surplus cotton to meet the cotton requirements of
importing countries.
Progress with regard to area,
production and yield in the country over the last ten
years is enumerated as under:
Area, Production and Yield
for last Ten years:
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Area in lakh hectare/Production in lakh
bales/Yield kgs per hectare |
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Year |
Area |
Production |
Yield |
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97-98 |
89.04 |
158.00 |
302 |
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98-99 |
92.87 |
165.00 |
302 |
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99-00 |
87.91 |
156.00 |
302 |
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00-01 |
85.76 |
140.00 |
278 |
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01-02 |
87.30 |
158.00 |
308 |
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02-03 |
76.67 |
136.00 |
302 |
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03-04 |
76.30 |
179.00 |
399 |
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04-05 |
87.86 |
243.00 |
470 |
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05-06 |
86.77 |
241.00 |
472 |
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06-07 |
91.42 |
280.00 |
521 |
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07-08* |
95.30 |
310.00 |
553 |
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*Estimated |
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State-wise
Area, Production and Yield for last ten years:
COTTON BALANCE SHEET:
Based on the cotton production in the
country and its consumption by different segments of
domestic textile industry, Cotton Balance Sheet for the
current cotton season 2005-06 vis-à-vis 2004-05 as drawn
by Cotton Advisory Board, is given hereunder:
For
Cotton Balance Sheet for the last ten years
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