With farmers lured by high cotton prices, India cotton output is expected to reach 6.8 million tonnes or 40 million bales in 2011-12, according to a report in the Economic Times.
This is a 15 per cent rise in comparison to 33.9 million bales in the last year; a bale is 170-kg.
Cotton acreage in India jumped by 8.25 per cent to 11 million hectares in 2010-11.
However, Cotton Outlook (Cotlook), a cotton trade journal, has pegged India cotton output at 5.9 million tonnes.
Meanwhile, world cotton output for 2010-11 crop year has been revised from 25.1 million tons in February 2011 to 24.9 million tons in March, The Economic Times said mentioning an NCDEX report.
India (5.44 tonnes), USA (3.98 tonnes), Brazil (1.91 tonnes), Australia (1.02 tonnes) and Uzbekistan (0.98 tonnes) are expected to see higher production volumes, according to USDA.
Production in China (6.42 tonnes), Pakistan (1.91 tonnes) may come down due to crop damages.
Global consumption of cotton is estimated at 25.38 tonnes for 2010-11, even as the expected production is to the tune of 25.02 tonnes for the same period.
Meanwhile, Pakistan government may set a cotton production target for the ensuing 2011-12 crop season at 15 million bales.
This was revealed by Agriculture Development Commissioner (ADC) Inayatullah Khan at a three-day conference of Pakistan Central Cotton Committee (PCCC), reported Fibre2fashion.com.
He exhorted the scientific community to come up with varieties of Bt cotton whose output meets quality and quantity demands of textile industry.
This is a 15 per cent rise in comparison to 33.9 million bales in the last year; a bale is 170-kg.
Cotton acreage in India jumped by 8.25 per cent to 11 million hectares in 2010-11.
However, Cotton Outlook (Cotlook), a cotton trade journal, has pegged India cotton output at 5.9 million tonnes.
Meanwhile, world cotton output for 2010-11 crop year has been revised from 25.1 million tons in February 2011 to 24.9 million tons in March, The Economic Times said mentioning an NCDEX report.
India (5.44 tonnes), USA (3.98 tonnes), Brazil (1.91 tonnes), Australia (1.02 tonnes) and Uzbekistan (0.98 tonnes) are expected to see higher production volumes, according to USDA.
Production in China (6.42 tonnes), Pakistan (1.91 tonnes) may come down due to crop damages.
Global consumption of cotton is estimated at 25.38 tonnes for 2010-11, even as the expected production is to the tune of 25.02 tonnes for the same period.
Meanwhile, Pakistan government may set a cotton production target for the ensuing 2011-12 crop season at 15 million bales.
This was revealed by Agriculture Development Commissioner (ADC) Inayatullah Khan at a three-day conference of Pakistan Central Cotton Committee (PCCC), reported Fibre2fashion.com.
He exhorted the scientific community to come up with varieties of Bt cotton whose output meets quality and quantity demands of textile industry.
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