巴基斯坦棉花农减产34%, 原因是高成本、税收、洪水和中间商威胁纺织业。 Pakistani cotton farmers cut production 34% due to high costs, taxes, floods, and middlemen, threatening the textile industry.

巴基斯坦棉花农转而种植甘蔗和大米等作物, 由于高成本、对棉花籽和油饼征收18%的税、洪水、贫乏种子和剥削性中间人, 产量下降34%。 Pakistani cotton farmers are shifting to crops like sugarcane and rice amid a 34% drop in production due to high costs, an 18% tax on cottonseed and oilcakes, floods, poor seeds, and exploitative middlemen. 尽管有一个20亿卢比的省级项目和70万英亩的目标,结构性问题仍然存在。 Despite a PKR 2 billion provincial project and a 0.7 million acre target, structural issues persist. 农业团体敦促联邦采取行动,取消关于棉花投入的《GST》,以防止进一步衰退和保护纺织业。 Agricultural groups urge federal action to remove the GST on cotton inputs to prevent further decline and protect the textile industry.