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India to drive increase in cotton crop size

04/12/2017
According to figures released by the International Cotton Advisory Committee, growers across the world have planted cotton on 13.5 million hectares for the 2017-2018 season, an increase of 11% year on year.

India will have more than one-third of the world’s total crop with 11.5 million hectares. The committee said the US has planted 20% more cotton for 2017-2018 while Pakistan has increased its cotton planting by almost 25%.


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