FAISALABAD: Agriculture experts have advised farmers to ensure early cultivation of cotton crops in the targeted area to get bumper production. Assistant Director Agriculture (Extension) Rizwan Amir Khan has stated that cotton is considered as a precious cash crop which plays a significant role in stabilizing the national economy. He further said that the crop has the capability to mitigate financial constraints of the growers due to its attractive market value.
He advised the farmers to ensure early cultivation of the cotton crop and get bumper yield as pest attacks in past resulted in a low number during the season.
He stated that growth of cotton plants as an early cultivation also remained excellent which helped improve quality and quantity of the production adding that the growers should keep in mind to cultivate cotton crops from February 15 to March 15 in the fields from where sugarcane, canola, raya and mustered crops were harvested.
He also advised the farmers to use approved varieties of cotton including FH-333, CKC-6, CKC-3 and Hataf-3 as these varieties have great resistance against pest attack and other seasonal diseases. He said that the farmers should ensure, cultivating the number of cotton plants up to 12,000 per acre to get bumper yield. The agriculture department has already activated its field staff to visit different
