Cotton's footprint shrinks to 6.5m acres nationally
The area under cotton cultivation in Pakistan has continued its long slide, with the 7th Agricultural Census 2024 recording just 6.51 million acres under the crop nationally.
July 09, 2026 (MLN): The area under cotton cultivation in Pakistan has continued its long slide, with the 7th Agricultural Census 2024 recording just 6.51 million acres under the crop nationally. This is a stark contrast to wheat, which alone occupies 43.3% of the country's entire 82.77-million-acre cropped area. According to PBS's national findings, cotton now accounts for only 7.9% of total cropped area, ran...