Sindh cotton experiment faces winter test

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LAHORE: Pakistan’s cotton and textile supply chain is at a critical juncture, caught between grassroots climate adaptation in the fields of lower Sindh and widening statistical discrepancies in official crop reporting. The decision by growers in Sindh’s coastal districts of Thatta and Sujawal to begin cotton sowing in the second week of November marks an unusual departure from the country’s conventional agricultural calendar. However, whether this farmer-led experiment translates into commercial relief for the domestic textile industry depends as much on agronomic resilience through the winter as on resolving data distortions that are currently clouding market pricing. Traditionally, cotton sowing in Punjab…

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