Due to insufficient rain the acreage under cotton has reached an estimated 18 lakh hectares so far in Gujarat state. This is a fall of 28% as compared to 25 lakh hectares in the corresponding period last year. Last year (2011-12), the total acreage under cotton in the state stood at over 30 lakh hectares.
As per the report compiled by Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Saurashtra and Kutch regions which accounts for about 70% of the cotton production of the state, have recorded 76% deficient rains so far this monsoon. During the same period last year both the regions have recorded 24% deficient rains.
The Gujarat State Cooperative Cotton Federation (GSCCF) expects cotton acreage to drop by 15-20% during the kharif sowing upon failure of rain to revive by mid-August. Also upon experiencing the same weather conditions like this for the next two weeks or so the total cotton acreage in Gujarat would not cross 25 lakh hectares. The GSCCF which has 5.5 lakh cotton growers as its members, have also witnessed comparatively low sowing in Saurashtra and Kutch regions due to scanty rains.
Gujarat accounts for nearly 33% of the country’s total cotton production and last year the cotton production stood at 110 lakh bales where one bale equals 170 kg. In the wake of low sowing reports, cotton prices have firmed up in Gujarat and in the last one month the per candy (356 kg) prices of cotton have risen from Rs 32,000 to nearly Rs 38,000 per candy.
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