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  • Does Pakistan need cotton oil?
  • Cottonseed oil meets 18.1% of Pakistan's edible oil needs. In 2030, there will be 5.5 million tonnes of total demand for this purpose, with 2 million tonnes of local supply. Bt cotton, which was introduced in 2010 to remove three harmful lepidopteran insects, currently accounts for more than 90% of all cotton grown in Pakistan.
  • What is cotton used for in Pakistan?
  • Cotton has about 70% share in locally produced edible oil in Pakistan. Cotton seed cake is one of the major sources of cattle feed to enhance milk production in Pakistan. Even the stalk of the cotton plant is used as a fuel in rural areas, to develop ethanol in diesel or petrol blends and to improve soil organic matter.
  • What is cottonseed oil used for?
  • It is grown largely for fibre, and its oil is used as a vegetable oil and contributes significantly to the local oil industry. Cottonseed oil meets 18.1% of Pakistan's edible oil needs. In 2030, there will be 5.5 million tonnes of total demand for this purpose, with 2 million tonnes of local supply.
  • How much cotton is grown in Pakistan?
  • ... 15% of Pakistan's agricultural area is under cotton cultivation. Mostly, it is grown in the Punjab and Sindh provinces of Pakistan having 79% and 20% share, respectively (Ali et al., 2019). Tremendous efforts and progress have been made to increase cotton production, currently estimating around 685 kg/ha (Anonymous, 2019-20). ...
  • How many farmers cultivate cotton in india?
  • About 1.3 million out of 5 million farmers cultivate cotton on an area of 6.0 million acres, covering 15% of cultivated area in the country. Cotton Crop has 0.8% share in GDP and contributes 5.2% in agriculture value addition. Cotton has 51% share in total foreign exchange earnings of the country.
  • Why is cotton yield declining in Pakistan?
  • ... Seed cotton yield of Pakistan revealed a decline trend from 11.9 million bales to 8 million bales since 2017-21 (GoP, 2021). The overall 80% of cotton sowing in Pakistan is completed during May due to adopted crop rotation systems like cotton-wheat, cotton-chickpea, and cotton-fodder (Ali et al. 2019).