Pakistan, a major global textile and apparel producer, will allow the cultivation of Bt cotton. This decision is part of the government’s effort to increase national cotton production from 13 million bales to 25 million bales over the next five years. A formal announcement of this new policy is expected in the next few days. Textiles and apparel account for nearly 40% of employment in Pakistan and two thirds of the country’s total exports.

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