Xinjiang Cotton Production Increased, Cotton Picking Staff Gap

Xinjiang is an important cotton production base in China. Output accounts for almost half of China's total cotton output. According to the prediction of the China Cotton Association, the total output of cotton will reach 7 million 380 thousand tons this year, an increase of 10.9% over the previous year, of which the total output of cotton in Xinjiang will reach 3 million 425 thousand tons, an increase of 17.4% over the previous year. Such a large yield makes Xinjiang need nearly 600 thousand flower picker every year.

At present, Xinjiang, from south to north, is entering a large area of cotton bolting and picking. However, due to the general rise in labor costs and "labor shortage" and other factors, this year's soaring flower prices attract no more flower pickers. The relevant departments in Xinjiang are actively trying to help cotton farmers to solve urgent problems.

"Such a good cotton, a kilogram of the lowest is 2 yuan 5, still can not find the flower pickers." in September 27th, Maimaiti Budke, a cotton grower in the town of tuto Glock Township in Awati County, Akesu, Xinjiang, stood in the 120 mu cotton field she contracted, looking at the white cotton flowers and her face with joy and sorrow.

"I heard that the township government has sent people to Kashi and Hotan to pick up florist. I hope I can get the florist sooner." Maimaiti Budke said that the shortage of manpower at the early stage of picking could be dealt with by postponed time. But if this is not the case of picking up Florist again, it will bring a series of problems such as cotton dropping and drying, which will directly affect his income.

It is understood that Maimaiti Budke County in Awati is the national high quality cotton base county. Since the beginning of this century, it has always maintained the first place in the cotton producing county, and the 2/3 of local farmers' per capita income comes from cotton.

This year, Maimaiti Budke and Jinghe encountered the same headache as well as Xinjiang Jinghe County manding Township Xinzhuang 4 teams. Cotton grower Xu Yingjin. Last year, Xu Ying planted 25 mu of cotton and hired 8 florist, because cotton prices were very high last year. Unginned cotton Each kilogram sold to 11 yuan ~12 yuan, when his family's net income reached 40 thousand yuan. To this end, this year, his family expanded its planting area and planted 45 mu of cotton. Now he has hired 4 workers to pick up flowers and spend 1.8 yuan per kilogram, including food and lodging, road expenses, and bought them 3 months of accident insurance. It was time to find the peak of cotton picking. He was worrying about where to find flower pickers.

What is the reason for the difficulty of picking up flower workers? Zhao Jiayong analysis of Awati county's recruitment of flower workers for many years said that because Xinjiang has a vast territory, most of the workers from the mainland come to Shihezi and Manasi. Although the price of cotton picking up has been rising, the prices of the whole country have gone up very badly this year. Picking up the flower workers' expectation of income is generally rising. For example, a pick up worker can pick up 60 kilograms of cotton every day and calculate 2 yuan per kilogram. The daily income is 120 yuan. While working in a city construction site and working in the same intensity, it can not only earn the same money, but also need to go to Xinjiang. Secondly, in recent years, "labor shortage" has been highlighted in the whole country, and there are still no signs of alleviation. Enterprises in coastal and economically developed regions have been recruiting people to stay by raising wages. In Shaanxi or Gansu and Sichuan, most of the young people go to work in developed areas. Their incomes are higher than those in Xinjiang. Most of them stay in the countryside, and the mobile workforce is very low. At the same time, despite the fact that Xinjiang has reached the highest level of expenditure, it has not been able to pay much money to pick up flower workers by deducting some intermediaries. Unlike the previous years, the amount of money earned in Xinjiang is obviously higher than that in local income.

"Up to now, there are still 12 thousand gaps in our pick up workers, that is to say, there are still 50 thousand acres to be picked. cotton Abandoned. " Sun Jigui, deputy director of Awati Agricultural Bureau, said that this year, the county has increased its yield per unit area, improved its quality and intensified the introduction and promotion of new technologies. The county has gained 1 million 150 thousand mu of cotton. Although cotton harvest is coming soon, it is very worrying that there has been no news of the pickup workers who arrived in Awati on time in September.

In view of this situation, the Awati county Party committee and county government held several special meetings to study the deployment of related work. Through the Internet, radio and television and other media, the labor demand information of Awati county has been released, and relevant staff have been dispatched to carry out the docking work of picking flowers workers in the surrounding counties and cities such as Hotan and Kashi, so as to ensure that the shortage of pickers is improved.

At the same time, since September 19th, Jinghe county has launched a campaign to help the autumn harvest to strive for excellence. It is requested that more than 3000 cadres and staff members of Jinghe county go below the grass-roots Village (team) for no less than 7 days, and actively help the masses to coordinate labor employment, stabilize labor prices, organize collective sales, and carry out voluntary helpers. At the same time, it is also clear that all the supporting agricultural units should not collect flowers from the cotton farmers in the activities of supporting agriculture, and the transportation and catering expenses will also be resolved by the supporting agricultural units themselves, so as to ensure the actual effect of supporting agriculture activities, effectively solve the problems and reduce the burden and increase the income for the grassroots.

In addition, the labor importation work in Jinghe county has been organized in the early August to work in Yili Prefecture and Yining, Qapqal counties and other counties (cities). Labor input has been more than 30 times with local counties (cities), townships and labor brokers, and 15 labor service agreements have been signed. It is estimated that more than 7000 people will be imported again during the peak picking period.

As of press time, reporters learned from the Xinjiang Department of agriculture, at present, Shihezi, Hutubi, Shawan, Korla, Akesu and other major cotton producing areas are different degrees of lack of flower picking workers. According to statistics, there are about 200000 people in Xinjiang.