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Most of The Cotton Growing States Started Getting Good Rainfall

Jun 23, 2015

Most of the cotton growing states like Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and parts of Maharashtra and Karnataka have started getting good rainfall, which has led to farmers beginning sowing of cotton. “CCI has sold nearly 1.5 ...

Tags: Propel Cotton Sowing, Textile

North-Western Ethiopia Farmers Will Receive Qupport From AbTF

Mar 30, 2015

More than 9,000 smallholder farmers in North-Western Ethiopia will now be supported by the Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF) following successful verification in accordance with the Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) sustainability standard. ...

Tags: Ethiopian Farmers, Sustainable Cotton, Textile

Cotton Cultivation Will Get a Boost From Brazilian Technology

Mar 20, 2015

Cotton cultivation in southern African country of Mozambique will get a boost from Brazilian technology, under a project signed by the Mozambican Cotton Institute (IAM) and the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC). As part of the ...

Tags: Cotton cultivation, Brazilian Technology, Cotton

Cotton Production in Zambia Reduced in 2013-2014 Farming Season to 95,000 Tonnes

Dec 11, 2014

Cotton production in Zambia, a land-locked country in South Africa, has reduced in 2013-2014 farming season to 95,000 tonnes from 102,000 tonnes in the 2012-2013 season, Zambia Daily Mail reported. During 2013-2014 farming season, the ...

Tags: Cotton production, Cotton Ginners

Bci and Aptma Signed an Agreement to Implement Sustainable Processes in Cotton Production

Nov 26, 2014

Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) and The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) signed an agreement to implement sustainable processes in cotton production in Pakistan. APTMA will be the implementing agency within Pakistan to ...

Tags: sustainable processes, cotton production, Textile

Turkmenistan is planning to harvest more than 1.05 million tons of cotton

Mar 31, 2014

The Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan is planning to harvest more than 1.05 million tons of cotton in 2014-15 by sowing seeds on 545,000 hectares of land, reports the State News Agency of Turkmenistan. At a meeting of the Cabinet ...

Tags: Cotton, Turkmenistan, cotton seeds

Mozambique May Produce 110,000 Tons of Cotton in The Current Marketing Year 2013-14

Mar 24, 2014

Mozambique, a country in southeastern Africa, is likely to produce 110,000 tons of cotton in the current marketing year 2013-14, daily newspaper Noticias reported. Cotton production in Mozambique grew from 41,000 tons in 2009-10 ...

Tags: Mozambique, Cotton, cash crop

The Government of Russia'S Dagestan Republic Will Implement an Investment Project

Feb 19, 2014

The government of Russia’s Dagestan Republic, one of 83 federal subjects of Russia, is planning to implement an investment project for growing cotton in the region as well as for processing cotton. According to a statement issued ...

Tags: Growing Cotton, Textile

Nitori Is Set to Invest US$ 550mn in Tanzania's Cotton Farming and Related Industries

Dec 17, 2013

Japan-based Nitori Holdings Company is set to invest US$ 550 million in Tanzania’s cotton farming and related industries, Daily News Tanzania reported. The Japanese company has secured 40,000 hectares of land for commercial ...

Tags: Cotton Farming, Textile

Riopele Textile Factory May Reopen in March 2014 After a 10-Year Closure

Dec 13, 2013

Riopele textile factory, located in Marracuene town in the Mozambique's southern province of Maputo, may reopen in March 2014 after a 10-year closure, Armando Inroga, Minister of Industry and Trade has said, reports macauhub. The ...

Tags: Mozambique, Riopele textile factory, textile, reopen

ECC of Pakistan's Cabinet Has Decided to Reconstitute

Oct 14, 2013

The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of Pakistan’s Cabinet has decided to reconstitute Pakistan Central Cotton Committee (PCCC), an organization engaged in cotton research and development. The reconstituted PCCC would have ...

Tags: Cotton, Textile

Scientists in Kenya Is Studying The Link Between Bt Cotton and Aphids

Oct 11, 2013

Scientists in Kenya are now studying the link between growing genetically engineered cotton varieties and the growth of aphids, Standard Digital reported. Farmers prefer growing Bt cotton, as it wards of caterpillars and other ...

Tags: Cotton, Aphids

Raw Cotton Exports From Pakistan Slumped 63.94 Percent in Quantity Terms

Aug 12, 2013

Raw cotton exports from Pakistan slumped 63.94 percent in quantity terms and 66.71 percent in value-terms during last fiscal, according to data from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. During the fiscal year that ended on June 30, ...

Tags: Raw Cotton Exports

The East African Country of Tanzania Plans to Start Growing Bt Cotton by 2020

May 10, 2013

The East African country of Tanzania plans to start growing Bt cotton by 2020 once the Government aided research comes up with a solution to the existing red bollworm problem, Charles Kitwanga, Deputy Minister in the Vice President’s ...

Tags: Tanzania, Textile, Cotton

A Consortium Assembled a 'gold Standard' Sequence of The Simplest Cotton Variety

Jan 24, 2013

As published in the December 20 issue of Nature, an international consortium of scientists has assembled a 'gold standard' sequence of the simplest cotton variety (Gossypium raimondii) and compared it to 'draft' sequences of three other ...

Tags: cotton variety, cotton, trajectory

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