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
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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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 earnings from sales of cotton are likely to increase in the current season to E16 million owing to significant increase in production, according to Minister of Agriculture Moses Vilakati. The production of cotton in Swaziland has ...
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The Cotton Board of Zambia has praised the Government’s policy of careful treading in adopting commercialization of biotech or genetically modified (GM) crops, reports Lusaka Times. Releasing a report on the global status of ...
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The Government of Swaziland, through the Cotton Board, has raised the price of cotton to be paid to the farmers by seven percent for 2013-14 season. The increase in cotton price, which will benefit about 3,000 farmers, was ...
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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 ...
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Few decades ago, African countries, including Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa, were listed in the list of world’s largest textile industries and currently the textile sector in the region is faced with several challenges. ...
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Eastern African countries including, Kenya and Tanzania, are focusing on cotton sector for the economic revival of the region and they have introduced several policies and incentives to improve cotton production in the region. Speaking to ...
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A suggestion extended by some of the Lake Zone based cotton industry stakeholders to abolish the newly introduced contract farming in Tanzania, has been turned down by the Tanzanian Cotton Board (TCB). Claiming that they were facing ...
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Cotton Incorporated, the research and promotion company for cotton has launched a new tool for the textile industry, Cotton University. The free, online resource is positioned as part digital campus, part professional network; and is aimed ...
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Hon. Dr Festus B. Limbu (MP), Chairman - Board of Directors of the Tanzania Cotton Board (TCB) presents the Annual Performance Report for the financial year ended 30th June, 2011. In brief, the report provides an assessment on the ...
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Cotton Incorporated is hosting their 2012 Crop Management Seminar (CMS) to give crop consultants, producers and cotton researchers a forum to discuss events of the current growing season, exchange ideas and share information. The CMS will ...
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