70,000 bales of cotton output expected next season
Saturday, 26 December 2009
The country is likely to see around 70,000 bales of cotton production in the next season, as the Cotton Development Board (CDB) has planned to bring more lands under hybrid cotton cultivation, reports UNB.
"In the 2010-'11 season, we're expecting around 70,000 bales of cotton harvest, as hybrid cotton will be cultivated on new lands apart from the traditional ones," CDB Executive Director Dewan Md Intajul Islam told the news agency.
He said the use of hybrid seeds would be raised by three times next year and more plain areas of Habiganj and the three hill districts would be brought under its cultivation.
The CDB chief also expressed the hope that they would be able to raise the cotton production to one hundred thousand bales in the next five years by encouraging the farmers to use hybrid seeds.
In the 2009-'10 season, some 31,500 hectares of land were brought under cotton cultivation with a production target of 60,000 bales.
"In the 2010-'11 season, we're expecting around 70,000 bales of cotton harvest, as hybrid cotton will be cultivated on new lands apart from the traditional ones," CDB Executive Director Dewan Md Intajul Islam told the news agency.
He said the use of hybrid seeds would be raised by three times next year and more plain areas of Habiganj and the three hill districts would be brought under its cultivation.
The CDB chief also expressed the hope that they would be able to raise the cotton production to one hundred thousand bales in the next five years by encouraging the farmers to use hybrid seeds.
In the 2009-'10 season, some 31,500 hectares of land were brought under cotton cultivation with a production target of 60,000 bales.