January 4, 2018

INDIA: Cotton farmers advised to turn to other crops

A cotton field near Bejjur in Kumram Bheem Asifabad district.   | Photo Credit: S_HARPALSINGH Other crops are equally remunerative, says farm scientist There is still (...)

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January 25, 2018

India's Maharashtra state cuts cotton forecast on worm infestation

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December 15, 2017

INDIA: Cotton rises 2.5% on low output worries

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November 24, 2017

India cotton exports to drop as pink bollworms eat crop

* Exports seen at 6 mln bales vs previous est of 7.5 mln bales * Output seen at 37.5 mln bales vs previous est of (...)

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June 19, 2018

INDIA: Cotton production may be higher: CAB

‘Crop damage from pests contained’ The Cotton Advisory Board (CAB) estimates cotton production for this season (October 2017 to September 2018) to be 370 lakh (...)

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December 11, 2017

Pests eat into India's cotton industry exports

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March 8, 2018

INDIA: Pink bollworm infected 83 per cent cotton cultivation

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May 20, 2021

AI-based solution helps India’s cotton farmers fight pink bollworm attack

The solution, which works in eight Indian languages, gives recommendations for use of pesticide based on the intensity of the pink bollworm attack

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November 19, 2020

India’s cotton production may be hit by rains, pink bollworm infestation

More worrying than the weather impact is the problems that have cropped up due to pink bollworms, an economically destructive pest in cotton causing losses up to 60 percent.

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