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Speaking with the district collectors, Rao ordered them to turn Cotton and ginning mills as cotton purchase centres like last year. He also released confidence saying that the cotton farmers will show interest to sell the cotton to CCI at MSP.

He also promised to sort all the issues by discussing with the ginning officials in Mumbai. He also ordered the marketing officials to make compulsory arrangements like providing the required machinery, computers and software at the purchase centre.

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While cotton areas are up in certain areas, a shift in mindset is needed according to official sources. Last year, in 2016-17 the cotton coverage in Tiruvarur district had increased to about 6,900 ha up from about 4,000 ha in the previous year which is about normal for the district.

Related Keywords: cotton, crop residue, crop rotation, ginning mills, not to store the stalks of the cotton plant in the filed after harvest, pink bollworm, ratoon crop for cotton, recycled, Summer ploughing, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

It asked the farmers not to store the stalks of the cotton plant in the filed after harvest. It said the farmers should follow crop rotation and avoid ratoon crop for cotton.

It said that installing pheromone traps which uses particular chemicals which lure the insects at ginning mills. The insects thus collected could be killed by using any of the pesticides, as told. It also added that that pink bollworm, a common pest in cotton, could be got rid of by not allowing it to complete its life cycle by ensuring proper sanitation during ginning.