Indian Agricultural Trends and Strategies
State
Cotton - State specific challenges and interventions
Production
Area
Telangana
21.8
(16.7%)
64
(18.2%)
Challenges
Yield
500
•
Low productivity in red
soils
•
Thrips (dry spells) &
Andhra
Pradesh
6.0 (4.5%)
19.1 (5.4%)
542
•
•
•
Tamil Nadu
1.3 (1.0%)
3.2 (0.9%)
400
•
•
boll rot (excess
rains)
Pink bollworm
Late season
rains/cyclones
Sucking pests, TSV
disease
Pink bollworm
Stem weevil, tea
mosquito bug, Thrips
Low productivity of
ELS cotton
Karnataka
7.8 (6.0%)
21.6 (6.2%)
473
.
Mirid bug, PBW
.
Leaf reddening
Odisha
1.8 (1.4%)
6.0 (1.7%)
570
Non-Bt seeds
Interventions
High Density planting system
in shallow to medium soils
Crop window & ETL based
sprays for boll rot & PBW
Timely sowing and crop
termination
HDPS in rainfed shallow soils,
ICM in heavy soils
IDM boll rot, leaf spots and
IRM for PBW
ETL based sucking pest
management
Mulch cum drip fertigation
technique for ELS cotton
Sucking pest management
Nutrient management
Mating disruption for PBW
Quality seed production
APY figures are average of three years (2019-20, 20-21, 21-22), % share in total, Area in lakh ha, Production in lakh bales and Yield in Kg lint/haView entire presentation