June 18, 2018

INDIA: Bt cotton to cover even larger area this year

The desi variety of cotton is also registering yields better than the national average After a surge in the area under Bt cotton last year,  (...)

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November 17, 2017

INDIA: Pink bollworm may eat up half of Maharashtra’s cotton crop

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February 6, 2018

Bamboo fiber to replace Cotton in cloth production

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June 18, 2019

INDIA: Summer crop sowing lags in India on slow monsoon progress

Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI (Reuters) - Planting of summer-sown crops in India such as soybean, cotton, rice and corn has been delayed by at least two (...)

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September 25, 2019

Opinion: Is the Indian Textile Industry in Crisis Mode?

By Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar Declining yarn exports have put the Indian textile industry in crisis mode.But is this a short- or long-term crisis? A telephone conversation (...)

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December 18, 2018

Organic cotton climate impact 50% less than conventional

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November 15, 2018

India to dispute US’ claim of under-reporting cotton subsidies

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March 7, 2018

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

Facts show yields have stagnated By Rohit Parakh "Since the introduction of Bt cotton in 2002, there has been a near doubling of cotton production (...)

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December 18, 2018

How India fuelled slavery with the export of cotton

Two hundred years ago the first cotton mill was set up in India Daniel Defoe once lamented in his weekly, The Review, That was in (...)

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September 28, 2017

INDIA: 9 farmers die in Yavatmal after spraying insecticide on crops

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