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International Cotton Advisory Committee Research Associates Program 2017

A.M.SAIFUL HASSAN DEPUTY SECRETARY ss

Ministry of Textile’s & Jute

BANGLADESHCOTTON:CURRENTSCENARIO

•  2nd largest apparel producer in the world

•  2nd largest cotton fibre consumer in the world

•  Highest Raw cotton importer in the world

•  Fibre Imports from-India, Uzbekistan, USA, other CIS and some African countries

•  31.50 billion US dollar business in 2016

•  50 billion dollar in Vision 2021

COTTONSECTORINBANGLADESH

A.   READYMADE

GARMENTS

Garmentsunit 5000TotalWorkForce 5million

B.TEXTILE Knitwearindustries 2000

Weavingmills 1343Handloom 300000

C.SPINNING Spinningmill 425D.GINNING GinningCentres Private-20,

CDB-12Sawginning 104Rollerginning 25

E.OILEXTRACTION

Crudeoilexpeller 15Oilrefinery 01

COTTONSUPPLYCHAIN

COTTONIMPORT

50%

18%

13%

6% 3% 10% INDIA AFRICA UZBEKISTAN CIS USA OTHER

q  TEXTILE SECTOR Ø 80% of the country’s export earnings Ø 7,000 factories Ø Contributes 23% of GDP Ø Employ 5.1 million workers Ø 6 million bales of cotton requires annually Ø Sustainability depends on supply of cotton

(Social System Study, 2016,33: 109-139)

q  Local supply of Cotton Ø 152000 bale of lint Ø 42000 ha in 2015-2016 Ø Cotton Development Board targeted to meet 10% of local demand Ø Suitable land in plain areas is used for food production

Ø Expansion of cotton area is Govt. Policy

Sustainability of Textile Sector

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Textilesector-Vision20-21

•  50BillionRMGbusiness•  Bangladeshbecamethehighestcottonrawcottonimporteroftheworld.

COTTON PRODUCTION IN BANGLADESH

EstablishmentofCDB : December,1971

FieldLevelCultivation : 1974-75

CottonResearchunderCDB : 1991

CurrentProduction : 27000tons

AreaunderCottonProduction : 40000ha

FarmersinvolvedinCottonProdn : 70000

CultivatedG.hirsutumVariety : HYV-CB-12,CB-13,CB-14andCB-15

: CDBhybrid-1Hybrid-Rupali-1

CultivatedG.arboreumVariety : HC-1,HC-2andHC-3

AverageYieldPotentialityofHYV : 2.5-3.0tonha-1with39-40GOT

AverageYieldPotentialityofHybrid : 3.5-4.0tonha-1with40-42GOT

Cotton Species Grown in Bangladesh

Upland Cotton Hill Cotton Ø New World Cotton Ø Old World Cotton

Ø Chromosome number 52 Ø Chromosome number 26

Ø  Staple length long >29 mm

Ø  Staple length short <21 mm

Ø Yield 2500 -3000 kg ha-1 Ø Yield 250 -300 kg ha-1

Ø  Used in spinning mills Ø  Used in hand spinning

Remarkableimprovement

•  Seed cotton yield increased per unit area Up to 3-4 tons ha-1 (10-15 maund per bigha)

•  Good fibre Quality equivalent to import

cotton (30 mm length)

MAJORCHALLENGES

•  Longduration-•  CompetitiveLand

NewChallenges:

§  ErraticandcontinuousrainfallinJulyandAugust

Howtoovercome

•  Development of short duration variety (4.5 months) to fit in the cropping pattern for growing three crops in a year.

•  Seed sowing in the raise bed •  Using the seedling for transplanting •  Development of cotton based cropping

pattern in cotton growing areas of Bangladesh

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INTERNATIONALLINKAGES

§  Membership renewal of ICAC- through TextileMinistry§  Bilateral Cooperation with Hubei seed company,China§  Initiating IDB Reverse Linkage Project for capacitybuilding of CDB Research Activities through NazilliCotton Research InstituteofTurkey§  Initiating cotton germplasm exchange programmethroughSAC§  Participation in different international workshopsandseminars

PROSPECTOFCOTTONCULTIVATIONINBANGLADESH

•  Hugedomesticrequirement•  Productionperunitareaishigherthantheworldaverage

•  Goodqualityfibrecouldbeproduced•  Hightemperatureforlongtime•  Highernetincome-Tk.150,000/ha•  Contributeinfoodsecurity•  Contributeinemploymentgenerationandincomegeneration

•  Profitcangetatatime•  Strongmarketingnetwork

Marketing

•  Verystrongmarketingnetwork•  SeedcottonisprocuredbyprivateginningIndustry•  CottonUnitofficeisdeclaredastemporarypurchasecentre

•  Uniformpriceforalloverthecountry.•  SeedcottonpriceisfixedbyopendiscussionamongthestakeholdersandCDB

STRATEGIES•  DevelopmentofModernResearchFacilitiesforTechnologygeneration

•  Developmentofshortdurationvariety(4.5months)tofitinthecroppingpatterntogrowthreecrops

•  DevelopmentofhybridbyCDB•  ProvidingfullseasonExtensionService•  Providingsubsidyonseedandinputstothefarmers

•  IncreasePublic-Privatepartnershipo StrongLinkageamongthestakeholdersCDB-Farmers-Ginning-spinning-Textile

THRUSTAREASFORCOTONCULTIVATIONINBANGLADESH

•  Droughtarea•  Hillarea•  Chararea•  CottoninAgro-forestry•  Tobaccoreplacement•  Coastalarea(Salineandnon-salinearea)

DevelopmentofnewCottonseason

•  ResearchandDevelopmentofRabicotton•  CottoninCoastalarea(Southernarea)ofBangladeshandResearchandDevelopmentofanewpattern-

T.Aman-Cotton

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OpportunitiesforCoastalarea

•  Availableland-VastlandremainFallow•  AvailableSourceofsurfaceirrigation•  Cottonishighlytoleranttosalinity•  Usingseedlingfortransplanting•  Hightemperaturelovingcrop(25-32)•  QuickgrowthandDevelopmentduringRabiseason•  Cottonneedsmoisture,doesnotneedwater•  Minimuminfestationofinsects

VISION-2021ofCDB

1. Cotton acreage 100,000 ha

2. Seed cotton yield (3 t ha-1) 300,000 ton

3. Lint /Fiber yield (40-42%) 500,000 –60 ,00,000 bale

4. Cotton seed (60%) 180, 000 ton

4. Cotton Seed Oil (25%) 45000 ton

5. Cotton Oil Cake (75%) 135000 ton

6. Cotton stalk 480,000 ton

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