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Cotton Commissioner Dr Khalid Abdullah while speaking at the Senate Standing Committee on National Food Security and Research on Wednesday, said that, cotton cultivation in Punjab the largest cotton producing province is going down by 28 percent in the current season and termed it very alarming. Due to which the cotton production in Pakistan may witness further decline next year.
He further added that the country witnessed 30 percent decline in cotton production in year 2015-16 due to abnormal weather, seed quality, pests, diseases and low prices.
