December 5, 2017

Mali reduces cotton crop forecast due to lack of rain

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Low rainfall has reduced the official forecast for Mali’s 2017/18 cotton crop to 706,000 tonnes from 725,000 tonnes, a Chamber of Agriculture (...)

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December 7, 2017

ZAMBIA: GOVT COMMITTED TO REVAMPING COTTON VALUE CHAIN

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July 24, 2019

Kenya field trial shows Bt cotton boosts yields four-fold

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December 20, 2017

All Eyes Seem to Be on the African Cotton Sector as the Region Gets More Investment

by Arthur Friedman Interest in Africa as fertile ground for cotton cultivation is growing. In the latest development, the International Islamic Trade Financing Corporation (ITFC), (...)

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November 9, 2017

South Africa: A cotton industry revival

Big retailers commit to orders, spurring development. Antoinette Slabbert  The demise of the cotton industry along with the rest of the South African textile industry (...)

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July 24, 2018

Zimbabwe: Cotton makes a comeback

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May 4, 2018

KENYA: Breathe new life into sector, say cotton farmers

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January 4, 2018

Mozambique developing standard for sustainable cotton

The southern African nation of Mozambique is now developing its own national standard for sustainable cottonproduction, which will mirror the principles and criteria developed by (...)

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November 11, 2017

Five Countries Participating in South-South Trilateral Cooperation on Cotton Production

STORY HIGHLIGHTS The South-South Cooperation project ‘Cotton with Decent Work’ is executed by the ILO in partnership with the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC) and the (...)

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August 14, 2019

New strategy to revamp Uganda’s textile sector

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