1棉花生产机械化发展现状甘肃省酒泉市属西北内陆棉区,棉花种植历史悠久,全市棉花种植面积约在4.7万hm~2,是农业生产的支柱产业,也是农民增收的主要来源。但近年来,棉花种植收入和种植面积却呈逐年下降趋势。究其原因,一是棉花人工采摘费用逐年攀升。棉花采摘成本占到总收入的30%以上,极大程度地压缩了棉花种植的经济效益。二是全市每年要雇佣拾花工约8万人,不但增加 1 cotton production mechanization development status Jiuquan City, Gansu Province is a northwestern inland cotton area, cotton planting has a long history, the city’s cotton acreage of about 47000 hm ~ 2, is the pillar industries of agricultural production, but also the main source of income for farmers. However, in recent years, cotton planting income and acreage decreased year by year. The reason, one is the cost of artificial cotton picking up year by year. Cotton picking costs accounted for more than 30% of total revenue, greatly reducing the economic benefits of cotton cultivation. Second, the city needs to hire about 80,000 pick-up workers annually, not only increasing it