International Cotton Advisory Committee

1958 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 558-559 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Advisory Committee ◽  
The United States ◽  
World Cotton ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
World Production ◽  
Cotton Production ◽  
The World ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Growing Conditions

The seventeenth plenary meeting of the International Cotton Advisory Committee was held in London June 2–8, 1958. Following discussion of a document on recent developments in the world cotton situation prepared by the standing committee and the secretariat's annual review of the world cotton situation, the meeting made the following statements. The world production of cotton during 1955–56 was an all-time record of 42.7 million bales; the production during 1956–57 was reduced to 41.3 million bales. Although there was an increase in production outside the United States in 1957–58, the reduction of about 2 million bales in the United States brought world production down to 39.3 million bales. The consumption of cotton exceeded production by about 1 million bales during 1956–57 and the current year's estimates pointed to a further disappearance of about 2 million bales in excess of current production. Delegates discussed cotton production in the United States, noting the drastic decline in production due to a reduction of acreage and, to a smaller extent, unfavorable growing conditions, the responsible and careful manner of surplus stock disposal, and the advantages which would follow from a lowering of the domestic cotton price. During the discussion reference was also made, inter alia, to the undesirable effects of dual pricing systems, export subsidies, and special currency arrangements.

World Cotton Production and Consumption: An Overview

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Muhammad Azam Khan ◽  
Abdul Wahid ◽  
Maqsood Ahmad ◽  
Muhammad Tayab Tahir ◽  
Mukhtar Ahmed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
World Cotton ◽  
Cotton Production ◽  
Production And Consumption

Six-year comparison between organic, IPM and conventional cotton production systems in the Northern San Joaquin Valley, California

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean L. Swezey ◽  
Polly Goldman ◽  
Janet Bryer ◽  
Diego Nieto
Keyword(s):  
Plant Development ◽  
Plant Density ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Organic Production ◽  
San Joaquin Valley ◽  
World Cotton ◽  
Cotton Production ◽  
Organic Cotton ◽  
Cost Differential ◽  
Plant Densities

AbstractThree different cotton production strategies [certified organic, conventionally grown, and reduced insecticide input/integrated pest management (IPM)] were compared in field-sized replicates in the Northern San Joaquin Valley (NSJV), California, from 1996 to 2001. We measured arthropod abundance, plant development, plant density, pesticide use, cost of production, lint quality and yields in the three treatments. Overall pest abundance was low, and a key cotton fruit pest,Lygus hesperusKnight, known as the western tarnished plant bug (WTPB), did not exceed action thresholds in any treatment. Organic fields had significantly more generalist insect predators than conventional fields during at least one seasonal interval in all but one year. While there were no significant differences in plant development, plant densities at harvest were lower in organic than conventional and IPM fields. Some measures of lint quality (color grade and bale leaf rating) were also lower in the organic treatment than in either the IPM or the conventional treatments. Synthetic insecticides, not allowed for use in organic production, were also used in significantly lower quantities in the IPM fields than in the conventional fields. Over the 6-year period of the study, IPM fields averaged 0.63 kg of active ingredient (AI) insecticide per hectare, as opposed to 1.02 kg AI ha−1for conventional fields, a reduction of 38%. Costs of production per bale were on average 37% higher for organic than for conventional cotton. This cost differential was primarily due to greater hand-weeding costs and significantly lower yields in organic cotton, compared with either IPM or conventional cotton. Average 6-year yields were 4.4, 5.4 and 6.7 bales ha−1for organic, IPM and conventional treatments, respectively. Low world cotton prices and the lack of premium prices for organic cotton are the primary obstacles for continued production in the NSJV.

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