Ngokutsho kweziphumo zophando lwe-American Cotton Foods kwi-2023/14 yakhutshwa liBhunga leKotoni leSizwe (NCC), indawo ye-American Cotton ye-Act yonyaka olandelayo, yi-17%. Okwangoku, eminye imibutho eminye yezorhwebo e-United States icacisa ukuba indawo yokutyala umqhaphu e-United States iya kuncitshiswa kakhulu kunyaka olandelayo, kwaye ixabiso elithile lisabalo. I-Arhente ithe ukuba iziphumo zayo zonyaka ophelileyo zazingama-98% ezifanayo nendawo yokugcina ikotoni ekhutshwe yi-USDA ekupheleni kuka-Matshi.
I-Arhente ithe ingeniso yeyona nto iphambili echaphazela izigqibo zokutyala amafama kunyaka omtsha. Ngokukodwa, ixabiso lekotoni lakutshanje liye lehlile phantse i-50% ukusuka kuma-50 esuka kunyaka ophelileyo, kodwa ixabiso leengqolowa kunye ne-soybebeans ziye zala kancinci. Okwangoku, umyinge wamaxabiso omqhaphu wekotoni kunye ne-soybebbaans yelona nqanaba liphantsi ukusukela ngo-2012, kwaye ingeniso evela kumbona wokutyala iphezulu. Ukongeza, uxinzelelo lwezinto ezixhalabisayo kunye nenkxalabo yamaFama enokuthi i-United States inokuthi iwele kwizigqibo zoqoqosho kulo nyaka, njengoko impahla yokuhlaselwa kwabathengi ikwanokuqhubeka iphantsi koxinzelelo.
Ukongeza, i-Arhente ichaze ukuba ubalo lwe-cotton yesivuno seCotton kuNyaka oMtsha kufuneka ungabhekiseli kwisivuno seyunivesithi ngo-2022/3, kuba amafama anqabileyo akhutshiwe, eshiya eyona nto ibalulekileyo.
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