‘Pests, climate change and yield key worries’
January 07, 2021
Experts concerned about stagnant yield in India Climate change, insects and lower yield have emerged as top three big challenges that global cotton sector would have to battle for in the coming decade.
Researchers and experts from International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) were unanimous in raising concerns about the impact of poor yield, prevalent diseases, climate change and competition with man-made fibres as some of the top challenges for cotton crop during the decade through 2030.
Thirteen eminent cotton scientists awarded by ICAC as Researcher of the year since 2009 provided the outlook in an ICAC document Cotton Vision 2030.