GM tech, policy reforms key to cut cotton imports: Experts
Meanwhile, domestic consumption of cotton has been revised upward to 348 lakh bales, highlighting a widening gap between production and demand, and signalling India’s increasing dependence on imported cotton. Agriculture scientist RS Paroda says there is a dire need for urgent technology and policy reforms…
Agriculture scientist RS Paroda says there is a dire need for urgent technology and policy reforms to restore the country’s global competitiveness in cotton production. He calls the current situation a significant setback for Indian cotton farmers and industry, noting that while cotton producing.
The Padma Bhushan awardee urged the government to critically review the sector and adopt a long-term strategy centred on advanced biotechnology, science-based regulation, and innovation-led growth. India’s cotton sector has been steadily losing its global leadership over the last few years.
What Happened
The founder chairman of the Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS) also said that the cotton mission announced recently is silent on scaling up GM cotton, a proven technology that can significantly benefit both the farmers and Indian agriculture. Another expert.
Meanwhile, domestic consumption of cotton has been revised upward to 348 lakh bales, highlighting a widening gap between production and demand, and signalling India’s increasing dependence on imported cotton.
Rising import dependence in a crop where India was the world’s largest producer till 2014 and the second-largest exporter underscores the urgent need to embrace next-generation GM technologies.
India is the world’s largest cultivator of cotton by acreage and ranks second in global production, yielding around 290 to 317 lakh bales annually.
Key Details
The top cotton producing states are Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Telangana. THE TRIBUNE, India’s oldest, daily English-language newspaper, was first published on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan), and save for 40 days in the immediate aftermath of Partition, has come.
The crop supports roughly 6 million farmers and powers the massive domestic textile industry.
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Why It Matters
Shamsher Singh Mehta, former Western Army Commander; Shri Paramjit Singh Patwalia, Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court.THE TRIBUNE is free, objective, and independent.
THE TRIBUNE was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist of the time.
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