Cotton, rice, wheat cultivation area decreases

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Despite decrease in cultivation area, wheat production was up by 4 percent.

15 June,2011 04:58 pm

During the current fiscal year, cotton, rice, wheat under cultivation area decrease, while meagre improvement recorded in sugarcane.According to a report issued by the State Bank of Pakistan, cotton, rice, and wheat cultivation area has been decreased by 13.5 percent, 18 per cent and 3.5 percent respectively during the period. The cultivation area of sugarcane showed a growth of 5 percent and its production has been surged by 12 percent.