February 5, 2021

Kenya anticipates massive increase in crop production as GM, insect-resistant cotton distribution begins

Fredrick Obura  The [Kenyan] Ministry of Agriculture started the distribution of Bt (Bacillus Thuringiensis) cotton seeds to farmers as it embarks on revamping the sector, (...)

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November 23, 2022

Better Cotton brings its practices to southern Chad

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September 20, 2020

Zimbabwe Cotton Farmers Cry Foul After Being Paid In Groceries

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August 28, 2021

Kenya’s first crop of GMO Bt insect-resistant cotton ready for harvest

Irungu Mwangi The anticipated harvest of the cotton by farmers in Embu and Kirinyaga in September this year is expected to boost the dormant ginneries in (...)

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June 19, 2021

Olam to inject CFA4bn in the new cotton season, eyes an output of 135,000 t

(Togo First) - Olam International, the majority stakeholder in the New Cotton Company of Togo (NSCT), plans to invest CFA4.6bn in the 2021-2022 cotton campaign. (...)

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March 25, 2021

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

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July 8, 2021

Tanzania: Cotton Growers Acquire Skills to Enhance Productivity

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June 17, 2020

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

Soumaila DiarraBAMAKO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For years, Mali’s government has helped Yacouba Kone pay for the fertilizer he uses on his cotton crop - (...)

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March 26, 2021

Mali 2020 cotton harvest slumps 79% year-on-year, prime minister says

BAMAKO, March 25 (Reuters) – Mali’s cotton harvest in 2020 tumbled nearly 79% year-on-year to 147,200 tonnes partly because of a pandemic-induced price slump that (...)

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May 1, 2024

Better Cotton to scale sustainable cotton in West, Central Africa

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