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Related Keywords: 373 acres, agricultural sector, an effective methodology, crop for the 2017/18, Geita Region making its debut, land is set to be cultivated in contract farming, opened under 196, provide raw materials, set to get competitive in cotton farming, Tanzania, Tanzania will get more competitive, Textile Industry, this launch

Tanzania is set to get competitive in cotton farming, with Geita Region making its debut of the crop for the 2017/18 that was opened under 196, 373 acres. The land is set to be cultivated in contract farming, an effective methodology for the crop. With this launch, Tanzania will get more competitive in the agricultural sector.

Related Keywords: agricultural sector, cotton bales, custom duty, Ginners, hit domestic industry, import of cotton from India, local farmers, must continue for survival, opposes waiving off regulatory duty, Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association, Sales tax

Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) has strongly demanded that regulatory duty, sales tax and customs duty on the import of cotton from India should not be waived off and it must continue for the survival of local farmers as well as ginners.

The PCGA Chairman Nawab Shehzad Ali Khan said that Cotton economy was passing through the worst crisis of the history and they should avoid to benefit any stake holder at the cost of national economy and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif should take notice of such proposals personally.

Related Keywords: agricultural sector, agricultural transformation agenda, ATA, cotton, cotton production, GES, growth enhancement support scheme, major component of GDP, Nigerias major export commodity, revive textile industry, West African Cotton Company

Cotton was one of Nigeria’s major export commodities and formed a major component of the gross domestic product (GDP). The collapse of agriculture as a result of the discovery of oil subsequently led to the collapse of various commodities in the nation’s agricultural sector, including cotton, thereby leading to a near collapse of the economic value of cotton and the sector as a whole.