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2009-07-28 | permalink
Bt cotton cultivation to officially start in 2010 in Pakistan
The cultivation of Bt cotton would start officially from next year, which would revolutionise agriculture and the textile sector in Pakistan, said Mohammad Farooq Saeed Khan, Federal Minister for Textile Industry. [...] ”We are looking at the whole textile chain right from raw cotton to export of value-added garments,” he said, [...] This decision would not only increase cotton production but would also play an instrumental role in getting rid of rural poverty, he added.
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2009-07-28 | permalink
Bt cotton cultivation to officially start in 2010 in Pakistan
The cultivation of Bt cotton would start officially from next year, which would revolutionise agriculture and the textile sector in Pakistan, said Mohammad Farooq Saeed Khan, Federal Minister for Textile Industry. [...] ”We are looking at the whole textile chain right from raw cotton to export of value-added garments,” he said, [...] This decision would not only increase cotton production but would also play an instrumental role in getting rid of rural poverty, he added.
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