Egyptian cotton: Farewell Golden Age
Egyptian long-staple cotton in the world renowned. Such as the "Platinum" and gave this country rolling agricultural wealth, Egypt network of railway, located in luxurious palaces, and expanded all over the Suez Canal after the 19th century were built using the income of cotton. But in recent years, the golden age of Egyptian cotton has become in the past, farmers make ends meet, a significant reduction of cotton acreage. Egypt's cotton into the black.
According to the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture's latest statistics, the Egyptian cotton acreage this year only 70 million feddans (1 feddan approximately one acre). 70s in the last century, Egypt's cotton planting area reaches up to 1.5 million feddans. Significantly reduce the area planted to cotton production fell sharply. Egypt's cotton production last year was 6.3 million Canta (1 Canta about 110 Egyptian pounds) this year, down 5.5 million Canta vain. Cotton income countries be reduced. According to statistics, last year's cotton revenues fell 13% over the previous year. By the sharp cut of cotton this year on March 20, Egypt National Cotton Holdings have announced that this year's production of high quality cotton Giza 86, will be used for its textile industry, rather than exports.
First of all, the plight of Egyptian cotton from the strong international competition. Egyptian cotton has become a time for high quality international cotton market in hot demand, the sale price is three times as much cotton in other countries. But in recent years, this "Emperor daughter mentality," has in the past. In the United States called the United States than in Malaysia (PIMA) in the successful development of new varieties of high quality cotton, and large-scale planting in California. China, Central Asia and other countries have also significantly expanded in recent years, high-quality cotton planting area so that high quality Egyptian cotton exports reduced to third in the world. Also, Western countries a special subsidy for farmers, and greatly weakened the Egyptian cotton in the international market competitiveness.
Second, revenue seriously dampened the enthusiasm of farmers have. Cotton is a need for meticulous care of the crop, its land and irrigation conditions demanding. Compared with other crops, cotton growth cycle length of 8 to 9 months. However, the purchase price under the Egyptian Government, farmers planted a feddans of cotton available only to 600 Egyptian pounds, a feddans planted alfalfa can be the income of 1,000 Egyptian pounds, if the species of rice, you can get 2,000 Egyptian pounds income The rice growth cycle is only 3 months. In addition, nearly two years, Egypt's economic situation is not good, serious inflation, labor, pesticides and other rise in the price of cotton for farmers switching to other crops had to.
The grim situation facing the cotton market, the Egyptian government announced May 5 this year, raising the price of cotton, 60 U.S. dollars per Canta, than last year's price of 14 dollars raised. Meanwhile, the government also introduced an incentive, the cotton grower for material reward. However, from the present situation, farmers are lukewarm response, they believe that the continuous depreciation of the currency and the poor economic situation, these measures will not guarantee them to grow cotton more profitable than other crops. Alexandria Cotton Exporters Association, claimed, the government raise the minimum purchasing price of cotton, to a certain extent, stimulate the enthusiasm of farmers who planted, but the negative effects of these measures is obvious, not only increase the government's financial burden, and will lift the export price of Egyptian cotton, which seriously affected the export of cotton. From this, the Egyptian cotton to regain its past beauty is still difficult.
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