Xinjiang Takes Five Measures To Deal With Adverse Effects Of Cotton Target Price Reform On Cotton Farmers

It is a major cotton producing area in China, and about 50% of the farmers in Xinjiang are engaged in it.

Production, 30% of farmers' per capita net income comes from cotton planting.

In 2014, the state took the lead in implementing the pilot project of cotton target price reform in Xinjiang autonomous region, and abolished the temporary cotton purchase and storage policy throughout the country. Cotton prices were mainly formed by the market.

On this basis, the state has formulated a target price that can protect farmers' income. According to the difference between the price of cotton market and the target price, the government has given financial subsidies to cotton growers.

This year, the target price of cotton in Xinjiang autonomous region is 19100 yuan / ton, which is 700 yuan / ton lower than in 2014.

In order to reduce the adverse effects of price declines and reform policies on cotton growers in Xinjiang autonomous region, the autonomous region has adopted five measures.

One is to optimize the way of subsidies.

This year's subsidy fund is mainly based on

The total amount of the total amount of the central subsidy was distributed to the cotton farmers in the whole region according to the amount of seed cotton sold, and the remaining 10% were distributed to the basic farmers in four prefectures in the southern Xinjiang Based on the actual planting area.

It not only embodies the fairness and impartiality of the subsidy policy, but also takes account of the interests of the basic farmers in the four prefectures of Southern Xinjiang.

Two is to reduce the number of subsidies to pay, reduce the burden on the grassroots.

This year, the subsidy fund will be paid 2 times, including 1 pre allocation and 1 liquidation.

More than half of the subsidy will be allocated to all cotton farmers this month, and the remaining funds will be paid to cotton growers in February next year.

It has greatly reduced the workload of the grass-roots units, and also ensured the early subsidy of cotton farmers.

Three, we should actively reduce cotton planting area and promote the exit of sub cotton region.

In order to speed up the adjustment of the agricultural industrial structure in Xinjiang autonomous region and gradually withdraw the cotton growing area and the risk cotton area from the cotton planting, and further improve the cotton industry of Xinjiang autonomous region, in March 2015, the Xinjiang autonomous region issued a guiding plan to reduce the area of 4 million 665 thousand mu of cotton locally.

From the actual sowing area of cotton, the actual area of cotton is reduced by 4 million 792 thousand and 300 mu.

The implementation of the active reduction and subsidy policy has promoted the exit of the second suitable cotton region.

At the same time, the autonomous region will strengthen policy publicity, guide cotton to raise awareness of quality and risk, change extensive production and harvesting mode, and adjust crop planting structure in Xinjiang autonomous region with subsidy policy.

Four is to develop cotton target price reform information platform, reduce work costs.

This year, the autonomous region has unified deployment, developed an information platform for cotton target price reform, effectively integrated the information resources of existing development, reform, agriculture, finance, quality supervision, taxation and other departments, realized data sharing, completed data collection and comprehensive analysis of planting area, sales volume, price and processing capacity, early warning problems, ensured the safety of subsidized funds, reduced the workload of grass-roots units, and realized the whole process monitoring of cotton planting, seed cotton purchasing, lint processing, warehousing and logistics, and textile processing.

Five, we should actively respond to the adverse effects of extreme weather and the decline of cotton quality on cotton industry in Xinjiang autonomous region.

Actively communicate with the ministries and commissions of the Ministry of finance, etc., and strive for financial support from the central government, make good use of the subsidy policies for developing cotton freight, and develop textile and garment subsidies, so as to promote the development of cotton textile industry in Xinjiang autonomous region.

At the same time, we will fully analyze and estimate the current situation of cotton production and sale in Xinjiang autonomous region, and put forward policy suggestions to the state, such as rotation and storage, so as to lighten the risk and pressure of the cotton market in Xinjiang autonomous region.