The Continuous Decline Of Cotton Area In China Is Reversed.

On the 19-20 th of August, the Ministry of Agriculture held a national conference in cotton High production and on-site observation and production situation analysis meeting. Representatives from 16 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and regiments of the cotton production department, the experts of the national cotton industry system and the typical representative of the national cotton high yield creation County attended the meeting. The leaders and experts at the meeting exchanged views on the 2010 cotton production and production situation.

According to the latest statistics of provinces, regions, cities and corps in August, the cotton planting in the whole country in 2010. The measure of area 75 million 173 thousand and 600 mu, the same caliber increased by 771 thousand mu over the previous year, an increase of 1.04%. The national cotton area has declined for two consecutive years. The planting area of the northwest inland cotton area was 22 million 282 thousand mu, an increase of 3.79% over the same period last year, and the planting area of the valley cotton area was 32 million 191 thousand mu, a decrease of 1.06% compared with that of the previous year. The planting area of the Yangtze River valley was 20 million 700 thousand and 400 mu, an increase of 1.47% over the same period last year.

The delegates said that in 2010, though they encountered low temperatures. Late spring chill And other unfavorable factors, but due to the rising cotton prices this year, the favorable climate after May, and the favorable policy of the National Cotton Subsidy Policy and the national cotton production activities, if cotton does not suffer from major climatic disasters in the late growth stage, cotton is expected to have a bumper harvest this year.