Cotton Advisory Board (CAB) has estimated a drop of 25%-30% in the cotton yield of Gujarat during the fiscal year 2016 mainly due to attack of pink bollworms coupled with erratic rainfall, especially unseasonal rains. Gujarat is likely to witness a cotton yield of 621 kilogram per hectare, the lowest since 2004-05. This estimate is based on an expected production of 101 lakh bales (1 bale is equivalent to 170 kg).
Gujarat, India's biggest cotton producing state, had recorded 516 kg per hectare yield in 2003-04.