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Overview: Goiás
In Brazil, Goiás ranks
3rd in volume of cotton production. In 2003, 305,000 tons have been produced in Goiás, an increase of 20% when compared to 2000, representing about 14% of the national production. Goiás cotton is of very high quality and by creating the Fialgo (Incentive Fund for the Cultivation of Cotton in Goiás), the State Government has heavily invested in research to better the cotton quality. This resulted in new varieties of cotton and new techniques for handling and controlling its cultivation.
With this incentive, cotton cultivation in some areas of the "cerrado" of Goiás
has reached
300 arrobas per hectare (4125 lbs. or
8.6 bales p/acre), mainly in the valley Rio dos Bois region of the state, with a total area of 117,470 hectares (281,928 acres).
Cost of production is between US$1,200 - US$1,600 per hectare (US$500 - $666 per
acre).
The weakest link in the production chain of cotton is the lack of an expressive textile industry for spinning and weaving cotton in Goiás. There are only 32 machines to separate the hairs from the seeds, producing cotton balls ready to be sold to spinning-mills.
source: SEPLAN
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2005/2006 Harvest in Goiás - approximately 55.5%
drop in area planted |
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155,000 ha to 69,000 ha
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lint production 85-90,000
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Overview: Brazil
The 2006/2007 harvest
- Will be 1.53 million mt.
- Area planted: 1.10 million
hectares (2.64 million acres)
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National average: 238 arroba p/hectare 3,570 kg/ha (about 3,272 lbs p/acre) in 2007.
- The 2006 cotton revenue champion
was São Desidério, in
Western Bahia (map).
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