November 26, 2019

Child labour rampant in cotton cultivation in Telangana

Children from Jogulamba Gadwal who skip school to work in cotton fields find it difficult to cope with lost syllabus when back

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August 7, 2017

INDIA: Cotton traders expect prices to stay firm

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March 18, 2019

Trade war with US to plant seeds of change in China’s cotton industry – one way or another

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March 13, 2019

Primark unzips first jeans made with sustainable cotton

High street fashion retailer launches first range of jeans made with material sourced directly from farmers in its Sustainable Cotton Programme The first jeans made (...)

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November 14, 2017

A litany of miseries: After crop failure and debt, pesticides are killing farmers in Vidarbha

At least 40 people have died from pesticide poisoning since August and hundreds have taken ill. The relentless farmer suicides in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha have an (...)

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November 30, 2017

PAKISTAN: Government allows cotton import from India, but sets tougher rules

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July 20, 2018

INDIA: Bangladesh, Vietnam, make up for drop in cotton exports to China, Pak

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August 9, 2017

Pink Bollworm Strikes Cotton Crop In Gujarat

Gujarat is the largest cotton-producing state in India. Flood-affected cotton farmers in Gujarat are now worried about pink bollworm attacks on the cotton crop. According (...)

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November 1, 2017

INDIA: To maintain price stability, cotton body seeks govt intervention

COIMBATORE, OCTOBER 30:   An estimated record crop of 400 lakh bales of cotton in 2017-18 is expected to push the cotton farmer into a precarious (...)

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January 23, 2019

Indian Cotton traders unhappy despite duty-free imports by Pakistan

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