March 19, 2019

Malawi inches closer to commercializing GMO Bt cotton as crop yields double in field trials

Malawi is inching closer to commercializing Bt cotton as research into the genetically modified crop is at an advanced stage. The Department of Agricultural Research (...)

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November 9, 2017

Ivory Coast says cotton output to hit pre-war levels next season

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August 14, 2019

New strategy to revamp Uganda’s textile sector

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May 2, 2019

Ivory Coast 2019/20 cotton exports to hit record high -USDA attache

NEW YORK, May 1 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast, Africa’s fourth-largest cotton producer, is expected to export record amounts of cotton in the 2019/20 season, according (...)

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February 28, 2018

GM cotton's return to Burkina Faso on hold over Bayer-Monsanto deal

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Talks with Bayer to reintroduce genetically modified (GM) cotton in Burkina Faso are on hold pending the German drug and crop chemicals (...)

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September 29, 2017

Zimbabwe cotton yield up 150% to 70,000 tonnes

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February 5, 2019

Nigeria’s GMO crop research to advance in 2019

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October 27, 2018

Biotech crops could make Kenya major cotton producer again, government says

Image Credit: Cornell Alliance for Science Kenya has been losing at least 4,210 cotton farmers every year for the last 38 years due to low (...)

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November 14, 2018

Tanzania's cotton production increases by 67 pct

ARUSHA, Tanzania, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- Cotton production in Tanzania has increased by 67 percent this harvest season compared to the previous one due to (...)

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October 13, 2018

Global Markets: Cotton – Mali, Burkina Faso Drive Record West Africa Exports

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