Cotton Harvest Fails

Event Description

Cotton Harvest Fails

Poor weather conditions this year kill off all cotton fields in the area.

You lose all cotton crops. If you have a crop insurance, it pays out, and crop yield is calculated in the normal way.

In-Game Effects

The player loses all cotton crops this year, unless he has a crop insurance.

External Links

This article discusses cotton crop failures in India, which is the world’s largest producer of cotton:

• These two issues could put the brake on the Bt cotton story

Article about climate impacts and vulnerabilities of cotton farmers in Pakistan. A case study of two semi-arid districts.

• Earth Systems and Environments

Article about cotton farming and resilience measures in Banglades.

• Bangladesh adopts climate-resilient cotton farming to fix trade deficit