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Related Keywords: absence of immediate policy intervention, advocating bringing back the TMC in a revised format, after closure of the Technology Mission on Cotton, CICR, cotton, cultivation of cotton, focus on short duration varieties, lost its sheen, Production might slide below three hundred lakh bales, SIMA, Textile Industry, the golden fibre, TMC

Cotton, the golden fibre has lost its sheen after the closure of the Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC). Production might slide below 300 lakh bales in the absence of immediate policy intervention by the government, said M Senthilkumar, Chairman of the Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA).

The association has drawn the attention of Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani to the present situation, besides advocating bringing back the TMC in a revised format. A few States have already started advising farmers to avoid cultivation of cotton due to uncertainty in production.

Related Keywords: after complete field trials, available in both Bt and non-Bt forms, Central Institute for Cotton Research, CICR, require only hundred days for maturity, scientist has developed cotton variety, variety will become available to dryland cotton farmers, Vidarbha and Telangana regions

The Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR), scientist has developed cotton variety which would require only 100-120 days for maturity. This variety has been arrived through the process of selection of the best traits over the last four years. After complete field trials, this new variety will become available to dryland cotton farmers in regions like Vidarbha and Telangana which could emerge as the solution to their problems, said CICR Director Keshv Kranthi.