It was reported that Pakistan wheat and cotton production are expected to rise. For the FY22 the GoP set a wheat production target at 28.9 tons for the Rabi season on an area of 9.2 million hectares of land, while the cotton production target was set at 9.37 million bales from an area of 1.9 million hectares, showing an increase of 19.8% in production over the last year.
These targets were set in the Federal Committee on Agriculture (FCA) Chaired by Minister for National Food Security and Research (MNFS&R) Syed Fakhar Imam.
Earlier, on 8th April 2021 cotton production was set at 10.504 million but in September 2021 was downward to 8.46 million bales, after missing the sowing target of 13.4%.
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