Cotton cultivation in Punjab has surged to 2.116 million acres during the ongoing Kharif season of 2025-26, marking a significant increase from last year’s 1.806 million acres, according to the Ministry of National Food Security and Research.
The province has set an ambitious target of cultivating cotton over 3.5 million acres this season, compared to the previous year’s target of 3.221 million acres. As of now, approximately 60 percent of this year’s sowing target has already been met.
The Ministry has emphasized its efforts to promote cotton cultivation by providing essential agricultural inputs such as certified seeds, pesticides, and fertilizers.
In North Punjab, including key regions like Sargodha, Faisalabad, Lahore, and Sahiwal, the sowing target was set at 400,000 acres, up from 317,000 acres in the previous year. By now, 218,000 acres have been cultivated, a notable increase from 184,000 acres during the same period last year.
Similarly, in South Punjab districts such as Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan, and Bahawalpur, sowing targets have been met by 61 percent. So far, these areas have cultivated 1.898 million acres, up from 1.622 million acres in the same period last year.
The government is actively working to enhance the capacity of local farmers and improve crop management techniques to boost yields. On a national level, the government has set a cotton cultivation target of 2.2 million hectares for the 2025-26 Kharif season, with an overall production target of 10.18 million bales.
To achieve these goals, the government is focusing on the timely supply of high-yield certified seeds and other essential agricultural inputs in key sowing regions.
