Sustainable Cotton Production through Increased Competitiveness: Analysis of Comparative Advantage and Influencing Factors of Cotton Production in Xinjiang, China

Abstract

Cotton production makes an important contribution to the income of rural residents and the economy in Xinjiang province, which leads other provinces in terms of planted area, total production, and average yield of cotton in China. This study analyzed the competitiveness of cotton production in the study area using the efficiency advantage index (EAI), scale advantage index (SAI), and aggregated advantage index (AAI). Moreover, the factors influencing the productivity of cotton have been investigated by the use of ridge regression and correlation matrix using a dataset for the period 2005 to 2018. The results showed that cotton production had a large comparative advantage in Xinjiang from 2005 to 2018. The average of efficiency advantage index (EAI), scale advantage index (SAI), and aggregated advantage index (AAI) are 1.50, 12.96, and 4.35, respectively. Overall, Xinjiang cotton production has a higher planting scale advantage and productivity. By using ridge regression to calculate the impact of cotton production on agricultural output value in Xinjiang, the results showed that total cotton production, fiscal expenditure on agricultural support, total agricultural machinery power, and fertilizer use had significant positive effects, whereas cotton sown area, average cotton yield, and the proportion of affected area by insects and diseases had negative impact agricultural output value. The study implies the need for a implementing a well-thought and empirically backed plan to support cotton production based on comparative advantage for a specific area, building a cotton production standard system, reducing the cost of cotton production, and building a cotton risk-protection system to protect the interests of cotton farmers and promote the sustainable development of the cotton industry.

Evaluating the Effect of Deficit Irrigation on Yield and Water Use Efficiency of Drip Irrigation Cotton under Film in Xinjiang Based on Meta-Analysis

“…Excluding the water quality of irrigation, such as brackish water, magnetized water, etc., we screened scholars' published journal papers and master's doctoral dissertations from 1 January 1960 to 31 December 2022. According to the needs of the research topic, the literature screening for inclusion needed to meet the following criteria: (1) the test site should be a field trial within the scope of Xinjiang, potting and indoor trials should be excluded, and the test object should be cotton; (2) the number of trial replicates should be ≥3; (3) cotton yields recorded in the study cases were seed cotton yields; (4) multiple replicated observations under the same treatment were averaged; (5) when there were studies with additional factor effects in the trials, they were considered as independent trials separately included in the database; (6) for multi-year experimental studies in the same region in the literature, they were considered to be mutually independent trials separately included in the database. In addition, based on scholars' studies on deficit irrigation in Xinjiang [37,42,43], this study defined the range of complete irrigation (full irrigation) as between 368 and 425 mm, and the irrigation amount below this range was considered as deficit irrigation and classified into three levels (40~60% FI, 60~80% FI, and 80~100% FI, FI being the fully irrigated level).…”

“…Cotton cultivation in China is mainly distributed in the Yangtze River Basin, the Yellow River Basin, and the northwestern interior. In recent years, with the reduction in cotton planting areas in the Yangtze River and Yellow River basins, Xinjiang has become the largest cotton area in China [ 2 ]. The cotton production in Xinjiang accounts for about 90.2% of the total national production [ 3 ].…”

The Analisis Faktor-Faktor yang Mempengaruhi Produksi Gambir di Kecamatan Sutera Kabupaten Pesisir Selatan

“…Begitupun sebaliknya semakin rendah harga barang yang ditawarkan semakin sedikit [12]. Menurut Kotler dan armstrong mendefinisikan bahwa harga adalah jumlah dari semua nilai-nilai yang konsumen tebus sehingga mendapat manfaat dari memiliki atau menggunakan barang atau jasa [13]. Produktivitas adalah perbandingan antara hasil yang dicapai (keluaran), dengan keseluruhansumber masukan, yang dipergunakan persatuan waktu.…”

<strong>Technological Advancements in Cotton Agronomy: A Review and Prospects</strong>

“…The global cotton market has an estimated value of over $44 billion, and in the US alone, official estimates indicated that cotton provides an annual revenue of over $21 billion, employing over 125,000 people [5,6] . In China, cotton is grown in about 70% of the 35 provinces, employing almost 300 million people [7] . This background emphasizes the importance of cotton to the global economy.…”