Xinjiang'S Cotton Planting Area Has Declined For Three Consecutive Years. Why?

Recently, a number of cotton related institutions have been released in 2016.

The report of intent cotton planting area shows that the cotton planting area in Xinjiang continued to decline this year, but the decline was less than last year.

This is also the Xinjiang since 2014.

Planting area has declined for three consecutive years. What are the reasons?

According to relevant reports, the main reason for the continuous decline of cotton planting area in Xinjiang is the excessive supply and demand of cotton in China, and the price continues to go down. Cotton farmers' cotton yield has dropped significantly, and can only rely on financial subsidies.

Especially in March of this year, the market cotton prices continued to fall, and cotton farmers' intention to reduce cotton planting increased.

In addition, the state has lowered

Guiding the adjustment of planting structure will also have a certain impact on the intention of planting cotton.

In 2016, the target price of cotton in Xinjiang was 18600 yuan / ton, down 500 yuan / ton compared with 2015, while the target price in 2015 decreased by 700 yuan / ton compared with 2014.

However, the target price after the adjustment is still much higher than the market price. This indicates that the state still attaches importance to the cotton production in Xinjiang, and to a certain extent, it is conducive to stabilizing the area of suitable cotton area.

In addition to the above reasons, will the speed of subsidy payment affect cotton farmers' enthusiasm for planting cotton? In 2014, Xinjiang's target price was subsidized according to the "cotton yield plus area". Before and after four times, all the subsidies were paid to cotton farmers, which not only drastically increased the workload of the relevant departments, but also delayed the time for cotton farmers to receive subsidies.

It is reported that Xinjiang autonomous region only announced the subsidy standard of cotton area in 2014 and the subsidy standard of sales volume in January 2015 and February.

Cotton farmers believe that the grant time is just the two special period of the Spring Festival and spring sowing. When it is in urgent need of funds, if the subsidy funds can be paid in time, it is tantamount to providing timely help.

In 2015, the Cotton Subsidy and distribution process in Xinjiang autonomous region was optimized, which not only increased the efficiency of distribution, but also alleviated the shortage of funds for cotton farmers when they were preparing for farming and paying loans.

It is understood that in 2015, cotton subsidies were distributed in two batches, and the first batch of subsidies was paid to cotton growers in early December. As at the end of March 2016, the second batch of cotton subsidies were basically paid.

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The cotton planting area in Xinjiang decreased by less than 2015 this year. Perhaps the accelerated progress of subsidies has also played a role in stabilizing cotton growers' intention to plant cotton.