MINISTRY OF TEXTILE INDUSTRYGovernment of Pakistan Press Release October 15, 2014: First meeting of Cott on Cr op Assessment Committee (CCAC) for the cotton crop season 2014-15 was he! "n!er the ch ai rmanshi p of #rs $"%hs ana &ha h, &ecretar', #i ni str' of et i e *n!"str'+ he meeting was atten!e! b' representaties from a%istan CentraCotton Committee, a%istan Cotton &tan!ar!s *nstit"te, Aa%istan etie #is Association, a%istan Cotton .inners Association, /arachi Cotton Association, ra!ing Corporation of a%is tan, proinciaresearch an! etension ocias, an! cotton farmers+ he representatie from Crop $ eporting &erice epartment, .oernment of the "nab state! that target for cotton area was set at 2+ 423 mi ion hec tar e !"ri ng the c"rrent season, whi e cotton was sown at 2+52 miion hectares !epicting +1percent ess than the target whie it was +67 percent more than that ofast 'ear sown area (2+166 miion hectares)+ 8oweer, the c"rrent 'ear 9oo!s !amage! stan!ing cotton at aro"n! 3,000 acres an! b' re!"cing 9oo! aecte! area from the sown area, the act"acotton area stan!s at 2+2miion hectares+ 8e f"rther state! that cotton crop in the proince is m"ch better than ast 'ear an! C;C"< is aso si gni=cant' ess+ he pr oince is epecte! to pro!"ce aro"n! 6+5miion baes of 170 %gs !espite !amages !"e to 9oo!s+ he representatie from Agric"t"re epartment &in!h state! that cotton sowing was targete! at 0+50 miion hectares whie it is sown on 0+565 mi ion hect ar es !e pi ct ing a sh ortf aof 3+4percent, whie it is 4+75 percent more than the sown area !"ring ast 'ear (0+53 miion hectares)+ he representatie from Agric"t"re epartment, /h'ber a%ht"n%hwa state! that cotton crop was sown at an area of 00 hectares+ 8e state! that the farmers of the area are not m"ch
