The Ministry Of Agriculture Will Develop The Cotton Industry From Three Aspects.

　　 Ministry of Agriculture The director of crop planting division recently said at the Zhengzhou Agricultural Futures (cotton) summit forum that the current China Cotton industry Under the pressure of increasing supply pressure, the difficulty of stable production is increasing. This has to be worrisome.

The important role of cotton in China's national life and economic development is self-evident. The development of the cotton industry is not only related to the life of the urban and rural people, but also to the economic income of the vast majority of cotton farmers, which is related to the normal development of China's textile industry. According to statistics, at present, China needs 10 million tons of cotton for industrial spinning every year. In recent years, the planting area has been maintained at about 80 million mu, only 7 million tons of total output can be guaranteed. The shortfall of 3 million tons depends on imports. That is to say, in the cotton industry involving major national economy and people's livelihood, we are far from self-sufficient.

Over the years, relying on our own strength, China has gradually cultivated about 45 million cotton farmers with planting skills. However, in recent years, more and more cotton farmers have begun to abandon the cotton seed industry. This situation is first reflected in the continuous shrinking of cotton planting area, which reached about 90000000 Mu at the highest level 10 years ago, and 10 years later, it was reduced by about 10000000 Mu compared with the previous years. Although demand growth in recent years has increased year by year, the average annual growth rate of China's spinning cotton has reached 10%, and the area of cultivation has not been further expanded. The formation of this decline has not only damaged the sustainable development of cotton growers rooted in the seed cotton industry, but also increased the pressure on China to rely on international supply, which is a situation of internal and external difficulties.

Why? Aggregate demand Under rising conditions, will the cotton seed area continue to shrink?

Perhaps the most important reason is cotton seed income. According to the survey, there are two main factors that affect cotton seed yield: first, cotton seeds in some places are not up to or affected by pests and weather, resulting in a general decline in cotton yields; two, cotton prices are not expected to rise, and some cotton farmers simply change their crops or other cash crops, leaving the system of cotton seed industry from the root.