January 23, 2019

Indian textile mills heading to Ethiopia to take on Bangladesh, Cambodia

KPR Mills, one of the major factories in the textile town of Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, said today that it has started a unit in Ethiopia (...)

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May 7, 2018

INDIA: Union minister says cotton production nearly doubled since Bt Cotton's introduction in 2002

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November 3, 2017

INDIA: Ryots take to suicide as cotton price falls

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December 18, 2018

Organic cotton climate impact 50% less than conventional

BRETT MATHEWS MADHYA PRADESH – New research has provided much-needed data comparing the social and environmental impacts of different types of cotton production. Among the (...)

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June 22, 2018

INDIA: Cotton yarn exports hit by fall in Chinese demand

M Allirajan Coimbatore: With China, the largest buyer, reducing its cotton purchases sharply, yarn exports declined 8.8% year-on-year (y-o-y) to 1097.4 million kgs (mkgs) in (...)

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March 8, 2019

Bangladesh's cotton imports could fall 15 percent as yarn prices soften: trade body

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September 19, 2017

SIMA forecasts recovery of yarn sector; lower cotton prices

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August 29, 2017

Is GM cotton a success in India or not?

Bt cotton is the only genetically modified (GM) crop approved for cultivation in India, and the government and civil society groups have made conflicting claims (...)

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March 21, 2018

India's cotton plantings to fall as pest dents farmers' income

* Area expected to drop 12 pct from a year ago * Pink bollworms trim yields, raises input costs * Farmers could switch to soybeans (...)

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August 21, 2018

Pest attack, scanty rains to dent India cotton exports: trade body head

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