January 1, 2020

African countries to benefit from PU clean cotton technology

Punjab University has signed an agreement with an African company for the seed business and technical cooperation on the use of Centre of Excellence in (...)

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June 9, 2020

Tanzania to More Than Double Cotton Output by 2025

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March 25, 2021

Africa's leading cotton producer Benin builds on Chinese machinery expertise

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October 29, 2019

Afreximbank announces cotton initiative

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) recently launched an African Cotton Initiative (AFRICOTIN) to help catalyse the African cotton sector, according to Kanayo Awani, managing director (...)

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November 23, 2020

Olam International acquires 51% stake in Togo's state-owned cotton company for $24.4 mil

Felicia Tan  Olam International has acquired a 51.0% interest in Togo’s state-owned cotton company, Nouvelle Société Cotonnière du Togo (NSCT or the JV), for a (...)

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June 17, 2020

As Mali fights coronavirus, cotton farmers fear loss of climate aid

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March 12, 2020

WTO – Cotton at heart of trade negotiation challenges

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September 8, 2020

Benin Farmers Back President’s Re-Election Amid Cotton Bonanza

A national group of cotton farmers in Benin said it will support President Patrice Talon if he seeks re-election in 2021 as the country more than doubled its output in four years, La Nation reported.

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February 23, 2021

Unfair fields: Asymmetric WTO rules let US inflate cotton subsides must be reformed

Cotton farmers in India and other Global South countries, like the Afican C-4 of Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, at peril due to lopsided policy

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November 27, 2020

Ivory Coast 2020-21 cotton output to hit record 520,000 T

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