Minister for Handloom, Textiles and Sugar Shankar Patil Munenakoppa has urged agricultural scientists and University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Dharwad, to promote naturally coloured cotton as it will benefit both farmers and the textile industries.
Speaking at a meeting on cultivation of naturally coloured cotton at UAS in Dharwad on Monday, Mr. Munenakoppa said that locally grown cotton can be effectively utilised by the local cotton ginning and spinning units.
Establishment of textile parks will help create employmentopportunities for local youths who can then avoid migration from village to cities, he said and added that many had quit cultivation of DCH and Varalakshmi cotton varieties because of poor yield.
