August 1, 2019

KENYA: GM cotton yield renews hope in threatened crop

At Kajiji village in Kirinyaga County, Julius Kiara knows too well that it will be another year of meagre earnings as he walks around his (...)

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November 9, 2017

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

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December 20, 2017

ITFC supports Burkina Faso’s cotton sector with a EUR 107 million financing

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July 18, 2019

Kenya announces plan to start commercial growing of GM cotton

NAIROBI, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Kenya on Wednesday announced plans to start commercial growing of Bt cotton, or genetically modified (GM) cotton. Charles Waturu, Principal (...)

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June 5, 2020

MOZAMBIQUE EXPANDS COTTON AND CASHEW INSTITUTE TO BOOST INCOME

On Tuesday June 2, 2020 the Mozambican government announced the expansion of the Cotton and Cashew Institute of Mozambique, rebranding into the Cotton and Oilseeds (...)

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October 24, 2018

Record cotton production to drive West Africa exports

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September 28, 2018

Zimbabwe's cotton production highest in 5 years

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May 31, 2018

Ivory Coast cotton output up 26 percent to pre-war levels

ABIDJAN, May 30 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast produced over 400,000 tonnes of cotton during the 2017/18 season and is set to maintain production at levels (...)

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October 30, 2019

Farmers in Sudan report 80% cotton crop failure

The El Gezira and El Managil Farmers Alliance reported that 80 per cent of this year’s cotton production has failed due to exposure to pests.

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May 19, 2024

Burkina Faso aims to boost cotton production to nearly 600,000 tons in 2024-25 season

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