Cotton Wilts in Major Grower Pakistan as Heat Wave Hits Crops
- Heat and low rain may cause drought in the coming days: PMD
- Climate change may upset nation’s 10.9 million bales target
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A scorching summer is threatening cotton production in Pakistan, the world’s fifth-largest grower, which counts on the crop to prop up its struggling economy.
Cotton fibers are the backbone of the country’s textile industry, its largest manufacturing sector, which exported $17 billion worth of garments in the last fiscal year through June.