May 4, 2018

KENYA: Breathe new life into sector, say cotton farmers

Kenya’s textile industry was once considered progressive and was the second largest employer after the public service in the 1980s and early 1990s. Thirty years (...)

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September 6, 2018

Zimbabwe: Seed cotton output, lint exports to surge

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August 21, 2019

Zimbabwe: Cotton output plunges 52pc

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August 1, 2019

KENYA: GM cotton yield renews hope in threatened crop

At Kajiji village in Kirinyaga County, Julius Kiara knows too well that it will be another year of meagre earnings as he walks around his (...)

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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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May 10, 2019

Ivory Coast 2019 cashew output seen falling 4 percent from 2018

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December 12, 2018

Cameroon to contract a XAF15bn cotton loan with BADEA

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June 13, 2019

Cotton by-products promise opportunities for Africa

Value-add in cotton industry in Southern and Eastern Africa can help diversify regional economy By Chantélle Hartebeest Cotton by-products hold valuable opportunities for farmers in (...)

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January 29, 2019

Zimbabwe: Cottco to venture into cotton farming

Fungai Lupande Mashonaland Central Bureau The Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) has applied for 40 000 hectares of land in Mbire district as it seeks (...)

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October 30, 2018

Mali on track to harvest record cotton crop of 750,000 T

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