Jiangsu Provincial Department of Agriculture and Forestry disclosed recently that the state has assigned a task to subsidize 1.9 million mu of quality cotton in 2007. With 15 yuan per mu, the total subsidy funds will reach 28.5 million yuan.
Around 12 counties and cities have preliminarily been chosen to get subsidies. Subsidized varieties must be confirmed and approved by the state or province and must be popular among farmers and markets.
Priority will be given to those varieties which have signed purchase and sales contracts with cotton cooperatives and textile enterprises.
Fibre2fashion, News Desk - China