Cotton is one of the most important fibre crop in world. It supplies basic raw material for biggest textile industry, that provides jobs for thousands. It is one of the important commercial & cash crop.

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grown in boll (protective case around the seeds of plants ) of the genus Gossypium in the family Malvaceae.

Top cotton producers of cotton are shown below. India stood at 2nd rank in cotton production in 2013.