SIMA Cotton Development and Research Association is planning to restore cultivation of the extra long staple cotton variety Suvin cotton. This will help save foreign exchange spent on importing extra long staple cotton by the spinning industry. Currently, such import of cotton is worth around Rs 1,500 crore. The research association plans restoration of this superfine cotton variety with a higher yield and optimum crop duration. "If the cultivation of this extra long staple cotton is resumed with our improved MCU 5, India can avoid import of the ELS cotton from other countries," stated newly-elected Chairman of the research association.
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