Por Aziz Shah, consultor y analista de algodón
According to the Pakistan Cotton Ginners’ Association, the production of seed cotton has reached about 14.4 million bales as of March 2012. Almost 13.5 million of those bales have already been sold in the domestic or international markets, leaving an unsold stock of about one million bales. That level of production is the highest in Pakistan’s history, and there are still about 500,000 bales that could arrive in the next month, which would elevate the total production to about 15 million bales for the 2011/12 season.
Variance by province was unusually high, compared with last year’s production numbers. Sindh produced 29.8% less cotton – while Punjab produced 51.9% more – than they did the previous year. The main reason for record-high production in Punjab is the expanded use of : Bt semilla, que se desempeñó bien esta temporada y debería producir los mismos resultados el próximo año.
Si el uso de : Bt aumento de semillas, las cosas podrían mejorar aún más el próximo año en Punjab. Si se aprovecha la oportunidad de aumentar el rendimiento por hectárea mediante el uso de semillas genéticamente modificadas, podría resultar en que estén disponibles para la exportación entre 2 y 2,5 millones de pacas adicionales el próximo año.