MULTAN: Agriculture spokesman said on Friday that the cotton crop witnessed surge in per acre yield this year, at 20.48 maunds per acre, compared to 20 maunds per acre recorded in 2016-17, showing a 2.4 per cent increase in per acre yield this year (2017-18).
According to Crop Reporting Service reports, cotton was sown on an area measuring 5.073 million acre in 2017-18 which was
13.10 per cent above the 2016-17 figure of 4.486 million acres in Punjab. Punjab produced 8,078,000 or over 8 million bales in 2017-18 compared to 6,978,000 or over 6.9 million bales in 2016-17, showing a 15.70 per cent increase.
The spokesman also warned farmers of negative propaganda on social media and stated that it was misleading and meant to discourage cotton farmers.
