25 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020

Mali: cotton cultivation down 75% for the current campaign

Mali, Africa’s leading cotton producer, is turning its back on this crop in the face of declining global demand.

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23 Ιουνίου 2020

Coronavirus slowdown squeezes Ivory Coast cotton sector

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21 Νοεμβρίου 2019

Ivory Coast 2019/20 cotton output expected to hit record 510,000 T

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23 Φεβρουαρίου 2021

Unfair fields: Asymmetric WTO rules let US inflate cotton subsides must be reformed

Cotton farmers in India and other Global South countries, like the Afican C-4 of Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, at peril due to lopsided policy

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29 Οκτωβρίου 2019

Afreximbank announces cotton initiative

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) recently launched an African Cotton Initiative (AFRICOTIN) to help catalyse the African cotton sector, according to Kanayo Awani, managing director (...)

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14 Αυγούστου 2021

Tanzania Cotton Production to Almost Double in 2021-2022 Season

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8 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020

Benin Farmers Back President’s Re-Election Amid Cotton Bonanza

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5 Φεβρουαρίου 2021

Kenya anticipates massive increase in crop production as GM, insect-resistant cotton distribution begins

Fredrick Obura  The [Kenyan] Ministry of Agriculture started the distribution of Bt (Bacillus Thuringiensis) cotton seeds to farmers as it embarks on revamping the sector, (...)

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28 Αυγούστου 2021

Kenya’s first crop of GMO Bt insect-resistant cotton ready for harvest

Irungu Mwangi The anticipated harvest of the cotton by farmers in Embu and Kirinyaga in September this year is expected to boost the dormant ginneries in (...)

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20 Δεκεμβρίου 2019

KENYA: Cabinet gives nod to GMO cotton growing

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