巴基斯坦棉花的未来

 

The future of cotton (Pakistan)

To shore up falling cotton production, effort is being made for the cultivation of organic cotton in Balochistan where the land is fertile and pest-free.

Cotton production in 2015-16 declined by 28pc to 9.92m bales, mainly because of climate change, competition with other crops, lower market prices and the outbreak of pink bollworm, according to the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) which held its seventy-fifth session in Islamabad last week.

Pakistan informed the meeting that the future cotton policy envisages a number of strategies which include germ-plasm improvements, development of hybrid cotton, improved farm and crop management, bringing additional area under cultivation — especially in Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa — and minimising post-harvest losses.

Planning and coordination of cotton research and development programmes, among federal and provincial cotton research institutions, is being strengthened to increase cotton production, improve yields per hectare, evolve disease resistant varieties, promote Bt cotton cultivation and improve the overall quality of cotton.

Cotton is grown by 1.3m farmers on over 3.1m hectares of land, which is 15pc of the cultivable area of the country, with average production hovering around 12.7m bales to 14m bales. This is consumed largely by the country’s 521 textile mills, although a significant quantity (up to 1m bales) is also exported.

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巴基斯坦棉花的未来

为了支撑下降的棉花产量,正努力在俾路支省种植有机棉，俾路支省土地肥沃且没有害虫。

2015-2016年度，棉花产量下降了28%至992万包,主要是因为气候变化,其他作物的竞争,较低的市场价格和棉红铃虫的爆发,根据国际棉花咨询委员会(ICAC)上周在伊斯兰堡举行的第七十五届会议报告。

巴基斯坦告知会议,未来棉花政策设想的策略包括种质改良，发展混合棉,改善农场和作物管理,带来额外的耕地面积,特别是在俾路支省和开伯尔-普赫图赫瓦,尽量减少收获后的损失。

在联邦和省级棉花研究机构规划和协调棉花研究和开发项目,正在加强提高棉花产量,提高每公顷的产量,进化抗病品种,促进Bt棉的种植,提高棉花的总体质量。

130万农民在超过310万公顷的土地上种植棉花,这占该国可耕区域的15%,平均产量在1270万包至1400万包。大量的消耗主要由该国521家纺织厂,尽管大量(增加至100万包)也将出口。