棉花的虫害防治成本下降

 

Cotton insect control costs dropping: ICAC

The latest report on cost of cotton production of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) reveals that insect control costs are continuing to drop. Cotton farmers spent an average of only 12 US cents per kilogram of lint produced in 2015/16, which is 10 per cent of the net cost of lint production as against 16 US cents in the 2012/13 season.

According to ICAC, the 25 per cent decline in insecticide costs per unit of lint is primarily due to more cautious use of insecticides by farmers.

“Lower spending on insecticides is one of the main factors responsible for lowering the net cost of production to $1.16 per kg in 2015/16,” the cotton agency observed.

The ICAC survey on the cost of production of raw cotton is drawn from data from 31 countries for 2015/16 and will be released during the 75th Plenary Meeting of the ICAC, which will be held in Pakistan from October 30 to November 4.

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棉花的虫害防治成本下降

国际棉花咨询委员会(ICAC)发布的最新棉花生产成本表明,虫害防治的成本持续下降。每公斤皮棉，棉农平均只需花费12美分,是皮棉产量净成本的10%，2012-2013棉季花费为16美分。

根据ICAC，每单位皮棉的杀虫剂成本下降25%，主要是由于农民更为谨慎的使用杀虫剂。

“杀虫剂开支减少是2015-2016棉季净生产成本降低至每公斤1.16美元的主要因素之一,”棉花机构观察。

ICAC调查原棉生产成本下降是根据2015-2016年度来自31个国家的数据,这些数据将从10月30日至11月4日在巴基斯坦举行的第75届全体会议期间公布。