Cotton crop management to become more complicated - ICAC
26 Oct '07
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The International Cotton Advisory Committee met in Izmir, Turkey during October 22-26, 2007 for its 66th Plenary Meeting since 1939. 521 people participated in the meeting, including representatives from 44 governments and 9 international organizations.
1. The Committee on Cotton Production Research organized a Technical Seminar on The Vision for Technology in 2025. The participating scientists believe that cotton production practices will change drastically in the next two decades.
Climate change through global warming may increase photosynthesis, leading to increased vegetative growth in cotton but not necessarily resulting in greater production of lint. Global warming may increase salt concentrations in soils, thus changing nutrient availability. Insects may spread to more areas, diseases may become more common and crop management will become more complicated.
The cost of production may continue to rise, and the development of new technologies may be crucial. Environmental regulations may become stricter, possibly resulting in higher costs to produce cotton. Agricultural policies, domestic and international, may tend to be complicated and far-reaching. Cotton growers may have to make many strategic business decisions because of climate change.
2. The participating scientists believe that many challenges will be met through better decision support systems, the development of varieties with higher host plant tolerance and the development of short duration varieties to save labor and inputs.
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