https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=61759 Cotton cultivation in Maharashtra declined as rising labour and input costs and limited mechanisation prompted farmers to replace cotton with soybean. Manual picking costs and pesticide labour make cotton less remunerative; available cotton-picking machines collect unwanted material and domestic varieties grow taller and allow multiple pickings, complicating mechanisation. Research targets lower plant height and variety changes to enable efficient mechanical harvesting. Projected imports exceed expected exports, reflecting the production and trade impact of these economic and technological constraints. en-us Sun, 16 Nov 2025 08:31:03 +0530 Sun, 16 Nov 2025 08:31:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=61759 Cotton cultivation in Maharashtra declined as rising labour and input costs and limited mechanisation prompted farmers to replace cotton with soybean. Manual picking costs and pesticide labour make cotton less remunerative; available cotton-picking machines collect unwanted material and domestic varieties grow taller and allow multiple pickings, complicating mechanisation. Research targets lower plant height and variety changes to enable efficient mechanical harvesting. Projected imports exceed expected exports, reflecting the production and trade impact of these economic and technological constraints. News - Sun, 16 Nov 2025 08:31:03 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=61759