Cotton crop cultivation succeeds in 19 townships of Sagaing region

The cultivation of cotton crop has succeeded in 19 townships of Sagaing, Monywa, Yinmabin, Shwebo and Kanbalu districts, in Sagaing Region.
The price of cotton crop in the Sagaing region is much higher than last year, said U Aung Kyi Win, deputy head of the Sagaing Region Agriculture Department.
“We have cultivated over 70,000 acres of the cotton crop. Some of the cotton crops started being harvested these days. Currently, the price of cotton fetched K1,600 per viss. But last year, it was only K1,200 per viss. This year, the cotton prices are significantly higher than last year. The increased demand for cotton crop has pushed prices to rise in the market,” he added.
In the 2021-22 financial year, the Agriculture Department targeted to grow 79,346 acres of cotton crop in the Sagaing Region. And, the department has cultivated 74,964 acres of the cotton crop from June to September 2021.
The cultivation costs a farmer K350,000 per acre. And, the growers could yield around 1,000 visses per acre.
The growers for the Sagaing Region are engaged in the business of growing the crops. Most of them are using the mixed farming system instead of growing a single crop, and this has generated more extra income. — Lulay/GNLM