India's cotton output leaps
Reuters, New Delhi
Indian cotton farmers could not have asked for more: excellent weather, hybrid seeds and fewer pest attacks.The result, a record crop in 2004 that boosted incomes. Now with an ideal year behind them, farmers are gearing up to repeat the success story. "Cotton is the best bet," said S. Jaipal Reddy, a farmer who owns 50 acres, or 20.23 hectares, of land in the southern Andhra Pradesh state. "I am going to double the area under cotton this year."
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