The United States and Brazil have agreed to settle their long-standing Cotton dispute in the World Trade Organization (WTO). As per the agreement, Brazil will relinquish all rights to countermeasures against US trade. In turn, the US ...
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Over 150 experts across the cotton textile value chain from around 20 countries attended this year's Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) Stakeholder Conference held from September 24–26 in Cologne, Germany. Making African cotton ...
The Government of Benin has allotted a special credit to cotton farmers for cotton production, according to reports by Beninese Ministry for Microfinance. The Government of Benin has taken this step in order to increase the production of ...
Smallholder cotton farmers in the developing world, where over 100 million smallholder farmers are responsible for 90 percent of the world’s cotton production, urgently need education and support in basic agricultural techniques to ...
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Cotton farmers in Swaziland, located in the Southern part of the African continent, have been paid E9 million for their harvest, which is more than the expected amount, as they still continue to prepare their harvest for collection, ...
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A Pakistan cotton ginners trade body has demanded that cotton farmers be assured a government support price to stop their exploitation by textile mills. At a press conference, office bearers of the Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association ...
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Apex industry body ASSOCHAM has submitted a 10-point detailed agenda for growth and development of Indian textile industry to the Textiles Minister, Mr Santosh Gangwar. "With textile industry in China reducing its spinning activities ...
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The all India kappas arrivals per day are approximately 70,000 bales per day for fortnight ending May 31. As per trade sources till now approximately 3 crore 60 lakh bales of kappas have arrived in the market out of the expected crop of 3 ...
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The Government of Peru has made it clear that it is not in favour of giving subsidies for cotton farming, and instead it is willing to promote growing of other crops to remain competitive in the market. The Government cannot persist ...
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Turkey produced around 2.25 million tons of raw cotton during last year, as per the data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). According to the crop production data released by TUIK, during last year, cotton growers in the ...
The textile value chain is known for its high complexity. During the process from raw material to final product, textiles pass through numerous production steps. Rösch provides maximum transparency in its textile value chain with its ...
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The predominantly cotton based Indian textile industry, particularly Tamil Nadu textile industry which accounts for 47.5% of the spinning capacity, has been facing several challenges during the last five years on raw material front, ...
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At the kick-off of the Berlin Fashion Week, World Wide Fund For Nature Germany and Welthungerhilfe invited leading textile companies to Berlin. The goal was to provide information about the use of sustainable cotton fundamental for a ...
Seven new cotton varieties designed to help cotton farmers meet some of their most challenging conditions are being released for the 2014 season. Developed by Bayer CropScience, the new varieties can better handle tough-to-control weeds, ...
In the week ending January 11, 2014, farmers and ginners in India held to their cotton without any fear of downtrend, says a weekly report on cotton market trends released by S. Ajay Kumar & Company. During the week, cotton market ...
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