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GOVERNMENT OF=20 INDIA
MINISTRY OF=20 AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE = AND=20 COOPERATION RAJYA = SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO 164=20 ANSWERED ON 12.12.2008=20
INCOME OF COTTON PRODUCERS .=20

164. =	SHRI RAM JETHMALANI=20
	SHRI SHIVANAND TIWARI =

Will = the Minister=20 of AGRICULTURE be pleased to state:-=20

(a) = whether it=20 is a fact that India is one of the leading cotton producing countries in = the=20 world;

(b) if so, the facts in this regard and the names of five = leading=20 cotton producing countries of the world; and

(c) per hectare = income of=20 cotton producers from cotton production in these countries?=20

ANSWER
MINISTER OF=20 AGRICULTURE

(SHRI SHARAD PAWAR)

(a) to (c): A statement = is laid=20 on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT IN RESPECT OF PARTS (a) TO = (c) OF=20 RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 164 FOR 12/12/2008 REGARDING INCOME OF = COTTON=20 PRODUCERS.

(a) to (c): Yes, Sir. India is one of the leading = cotton=20 producing countries in the world. As per the Food and Agriculture = Organization=20 (FAO) estimates for 2007, India is the second largest producer of Cotton = in the=20 world after China. The other three leading producers are United States = of=20 America, Pakistan and Brazil. Table below presents the production of = cotton and=20 per hectare net income of cotton producers in these countries: =
Country=20 Production (Million Tonnes) Net Income (US$/Hectare) China 8.078 788 = India 5.355=20 159 USA 4.182 131 Pakistan 1.845 251 Brazil 1.603 498 Source: FAO Note: = Net=20 income does not include fixed costs. In case of China, net income = includes=20 labour cost also.

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