Q30. Write down the details of “Cotton” as an important crop of Pakistan.

Ans: Cotton:
Cotton is a cash crop of Khand it is being harvested in the Indus Valley since
3000 BC Fertile soil with good drainage is very suitable for its harvesting
The crop plucking season lasts from October to December of the total area
where cotton is harvested in Pakistan % (75%) is in Punjab and the rest is
in other provinces. Cotton crop provides raw material for manufacturing of
cloth and banaspati ghee industries In Punjab, the Cotton is cultivated
mostly in south and central Punjab In Punjab, Dera Ghazi Khan,
Muzaffargarh, Jhang, Bahawalpur, Multan, Sahiwal and Lodhran In Sindh,
Thatta, Badin. Sukkur, Hyderabad, Nawabshah Khairpur and Tharpakar In                                                                        Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Dera Ismail Khan and Bannu. In Balochistan,
Naseerabad, Jafferabad and Kalat are important cotton cultivated areas in
Pakistan. According to the facts and figures of the Pakistan Economic
Survey 2018-19, the total per annum production of cotton is 9.8 million bales.

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