Guntur is one of the major cotton growing district in the State of Andhra Pradesh.

Location-wise production and productivity data is not available. However, the state-wise production during cotton year 2012-13 to 2014-15 and productivity during cotton year 2013-14 & 2014-15 of seed cotton (kapas) finalized by the Cotton Advisory Board (CAB) in the State of Andhra Pradesh is as under: 

 

State	Production (Quantity in lakh bales)			Productivity (Yield) (Kg/Hectare)
	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2013-14	2014-15
Andhra Pradesh	84.00	78.00	77.00*	555.04	501.17

* Including Telangana. 

 

Statement showing year-wise production and productivity of cotton in the state of Andhra Pradesh during cotton year 2015-16 to 2018-19 is given below:

 

Crop Year	Cotton Production (Qty in lakh bales)	Productivity (Kg/Hectare)
2015-16	23.75	606.23
2016-17	19.00	684.32
2017-18	21.26	559.47
2018-19 (P)	14.50	396.94

P-Provisional

 

Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare provides the financial assistance to the States and seed producing agencies for production and distribution of seeds through various ongoing crop development programmes/schemes viz. National Food Security Mission, Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture, Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana, Sub-Mission on Seeds and Planting Materials under National Mission on Agricultural Extension and Technology etc.

Organic textiles are the low volume of production and the demand for organic cotton-based products is negligible within the country, mostly because of its high price.

This information was given by the Union Minister of Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani, in written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

 

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