巴基斯坦旁遮普引入棉花监测系统

Pakistan's Punjab introduces cotton monitoring system

The agriculture department of Pakistan's Punjab province has launched cotton crop monitoring system to safeguard cotton crop from pests. About 6 million acres of land will be under cotton cultivation in Punjab with the production target of 10 million cotton bales for 2017-18. Pakistan government has set a target of producing 14.04 million bales of cotton.

The newly introduced system will help cotton growers identify the presence of cotton pests through information technology, said a spokesperson from the department, according to Radio Pakistan. Further, this system will also help the cotton growers across the province with advanced solutions to protect the crop from pests while improving cotton productivity. The information will be shared to the cotton growers via online with the help of Punjab Information Technology Board.

To encourage the cotton growers, various competitions will also be organised in the province of Punjab. The winners will also be rewarded for their outstanding performance.

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巴基斯坦旁遮普引入棉花监测系统

巴基斯坦旁遮普省农业部门已经启动了棉花作物的监测系统，以保护棉花作物免受虫侵害。在旁遮普，大约600万英亩的土地用于种植棉花，而2017-18年的生产目标是1000万包。巴基斯坦政府已经设定了1404万包棉花产量的目标。

据巴基斯坦广播电台的一位发言人说，新引进的系统将帮助棉花种植者通过信息技术确定棉花害虫的存在。此外，该系统还将帮助全省棉花种植者采用先进的解决方案，保护作物免受虫害，同时提高棉花产量。在旁遮普信息技术委员会的帮助下，这些信息将通过网络与棉花种植者共享。

为了鼓励棉花种植者，旁遮普省也会组织各种各样的比赛。获奖者也将因他们出色的表现而获得奖励。