5 Οκτωβρίου 2017

INDIA: Textile mill under fire after Indian teen dies working for $42 bonus

CHENNAI, India, Oct 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The death of a 14-year-old girl, who went to work for a bonus despite suffering from pneumonia, (...)

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5 Οκτωβρίου 2017

New Technologies vs. Agronomic Knowledge in Precision Agriculture

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5 Οκτωβρίου 2017

Feature: Egypt revives cotton industry for better export opportunities

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5 Οκτωβρίου 2017

World Bank approves Uzbekistan cotton project despite forced labour concerns

SUMMARY World Bank approves new $145 million irrigation project in Uzbekistan, despite ongoing concerns about forced and child labour in the country's cotton sector. Despite (...)

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4 Οκτωβρίου 2017

Sustainable Cotton Ranking Report Calls Out Companies for Cotton Sourcing Commitments

by Arthur Friedman Cotton cultivation is associated with numerous social, economic and environmental challenges that threaten the sector’s sustainability—and some brands seem to be doing (...)

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4 Οκτωβρίου 2017

Surplus cotton supply may offer Indian spinners respite

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3 Οκτωβρίου 2017

ICAC: Stocks Outside China are Projected to grow in 2017/18

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3 Οκτωβρίου 2017

INDIA: Farmers stare at debt trap as cotton prices crash in Mansa

Farmers claim that with yield (quintals per acre) dropping due to whitefly, they in fact need higher market prices to break-even. Even as farmers across (...)

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30 Σεπτεμβρίου 2017

Make Precision Ag Profitable

Precision farming tools, from automation to variable rate technology (VRT) and others, are giving farmers new ways to make and save money. Before you dive (...)

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30 Σεπτεμβρίου 2017

INDIA: Spinners face challenging times; improved cotton crop to provide some succour: ICRA

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