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\parbox[b]{13.4cm}{\centering \large{\textbf{Tropentag, September 18-21, 2016, Vienna, Austria}}\\[1ex] \Large{``Solidarity in a competing world ---\\fair use of resources''\\[2ex]}}
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\Large{\textbf{Cotton: A Neglected Crop in Tropical Regions West of Iran\footnote{\textbf{Contact Address:} Ashkan Asgari, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Department of Agronomy, Azadi square, Mashhad, Iran, \mbox{e-mail}: \email{asgariashkan@stu.um.ac.ir}}\\[0.8ex]}}
\normalsize{\textsc{Ashkan Asgari}}
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\item[]{\small{\textit{Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Department of Agronomy, Iran}}}
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Todays world cotton has a considerable economic position and its production has an important role in developed countries. Cultivated areas of this crop has increasingly decreased in recent years in Iran. This considerable reduction can be seen in cultivated areas for instance, from 300 thousand hectares in 1996 to 130 thousand hectares in 2008. The aim of this study is to investigate the reasons of neglecting cotton and the negative consequences in agroecosystems of tropical Western districts of Iran. This study was performed via questionnaires and interviews with agricultural experts and farmers in the Sarpol and Qasr"=e Shirin regions. 



The results showed that, the area under cotton cultivation in the region decreased over the past decade, as in 1999 to 2015 has reached from 900 hectares to 10 hectares in the city of Sarpol. Factors of reducing the area under cultivation of this crop are divided into several categories; Economic reasons include high costs of production, especially harvest, low product prices and the willingness of farmers to cash crops, and social reasons include tough labour in cotton fields, shortage of labour and lack of mechanisation in the region. The results also showed that, in addition to regional factors, some of the national policies has reduced the cultivated area. These issues cause some socio"=economic reasons at the local level, which can be Cited in subsidising some strategic crops (wheat), lack of government support of cotton, lack of guaranteed purchase, reduction of applied research, cotton imports from other countries, the prevalence of synthetic fibers in clothing imports. All of these factors caused to forget the cotton in parts of Iran, specifically in the region that surveyed. On the other hand, neglected and underutilised crops are adapted to their local conditions and have a significant role in cultural economical issues of local communities and subsequently neglecting of these crop can have negative effects on these communities. Cotton cultivation can make jobs more than other crops in the area. Therefore reducing the plant in rural areas leads to high unemployment and causes many farmers` migrated to urban areas. 



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\noindent \textbf{Keywords:} Neglected crop, policies, Qasr"=e Shirin, Sarpol
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