National Bureau Of Statistics Releases National Cotton Output Data In 2024

The National Bureau of Statistics released the national cotton output data in 2024. Among them, the total cotton output of Xinjiang reached 5.686 million tons, an increase of 574 thousand tons over 2023, and its proportion in the total cotton output of the country continued to rise, reaching 92.2%, a record high. As one of the first 10 characteristic agrometeorological service centers jointly recognized by the China Meteorological Administration and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the cotton meteorological service center continues to make effective scientific measures and timely and efficient decision-making services to fully guarantee the development of Xinjiang's cotton industry and help the "happy flowers" in the north and south of Tianshan to bloom.

Wei Fenghua, Deputy Director of the Rural Department of the National Bureau of Statistics, said that Xinjiang cotton has had sufficient light, temperature and water since sowing. The overall meteorological conditions are conducive to cotton growth and development, which is significantly better than 2023. Especially in the picking period, Xinjiang has sunny weather, which is conducive to improving cotton yield and quality.

"In addition to the 'help of heaven', we should also thank the comrades of the meteorological department for a good harvest." Du Wenhong, a cotton farmer in the Second Brigade of Baishtugman Township, Aksu City, said that he took defensive measures early and appropriately postponed topping according to the forecast of topping period issued by the cotton meteorological service center, the early warning information of high temperature and heat damage risk in flowering and boll period, and the forecast of defoliant spraying period, "It not only produces more cotton peaches, but also has a high maturity. The per mu yield of seed cotton is 50 kg higher!"

In recent years, the cotton meteorological service center has continued to take scientific and technological innovation as the core, smart and refined meteorological services as the starting point, improved the national, provincial, prefecture and county four level coordinated development mechanism, formed a set of "cotton meteorology+" social service model, continued to promote the "one center, one policy" ability improvement action, and planned the layout of the national cotton meteorological observation station network, Refine the whole chain cotton meteorological service process of "seeding growth harvesting".

In view of the continuous low temperature in spring, according to the recommendations of the cotton meteorological service center, all regions adopt the "dry sowing and wet out" mode to sow cotton.

Focus on precision monitoring, further improve the level of cotton meteorological automatic observation technology, research and develop remote sensing monitoring technology for cotton planting area and growth, carry out cotton planting area monitoring and quantitative assessment of cotton growth, and participate in the revision of national cotton meteorological observation specifications.

Focusing on accurate forecasting, we developed cotton agricultural weather forecast and meteorological disaster risk early warning technology, cotton major meteorological disaster impact prediction and disaster damage assessment technology, continued to carry out cotton low temperature, high temperature and other disaster simulation tests, and improved the accuracy of cotton growth and development, yield and quality prediction.

Focusing on fine services, gradually improving the cotton meteorological service index system, making and releasing agricultural weather forecast, disaster risk early warning and monitoring forecast, key agricultural meteorological services, pest and disease meteorological services and other products, and taking the lead in preparing 4 local standards related to cotton meteorological services; Research and develop the technology of Xinjiang cotton meteorological disaster risk zoning, and realize the risk assessment and zoning product production of 7 meteorological disasters of cotton at district, prefecture and county levels; Explore the technology of weather index insurance for strong wind and low temperature disasters in cotton, carry out research on meteorological disaster index in key growth periods of cotton, and explore the service model of "cotton meteorology+finance"; Make meteorological science videos of the whole process of cotton growth.

In 2024, the cotton meteorological service center will carry out the benefit evaluation test of three meteorological services for the first time, namely, the forecast of suitable topping period for cotton, the forecast of suitable spraying period for defoliants, and the risk warning of high temperature and heat damage in flowering and boll stage, and initially establish the benefit evaluation model. The cotton meteorological digital integrated platform realizes the interconnection between countries and provinces and the sharing of member units. The first phase of the digital cotton meteorological service system based on the Xinjiang agricultural meteorological integration platform will be completed in 2024, realizing the production and release business application of district, prefecture and county level products. The cotton meteorological service center also released 18 on-demand service products through the full media matrix, and the degree of product refinement was upgraded from the site level to the grid level.

In the future, the cotton meteorological service center will continue to promote the construction of the station network system, further promote the development of automatic observation core technology and algorithms, establish a cotton meteorological science and technology innovation base, realize intelligent cotton meteorological services based on location and scene, form a market service model that can be promoted and demonstrated, carry out service benefit evaluation, and build a national cotton meteorological service brand, To provide a solid meteorological guarantee for the high yield and income of cotton nationwide.