India may soon turn No. 1 organic cotton producer
15th Nov 2006, 04:31 GMT
India is expected to overtake Turkey, the current global leader in production of organic cotton during 2006-07 cotton season. India (along with Pakistan in South Asia) and Turkey (along with Israel from West Asia) have locked horns for the top position even during the 2005-06 growing season. Their respective harvested organic cotton volumes are 10,834 tonnes and 10,760 tonnes. These volumes workout to 34.93 per cent and 34.69 per cent respectively in the total global organic cotton production of 31,016 tonnes or 1,42,159 bales reported during 2005-06 season.
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