Cotton
Regenerative Cotton Standard®: Impressive Results Following First Harvest in India
With higher crop yields, lower costs and an increased awareness of regenerative agriculture, the Regenerative Cotton Standard® (RCS) is delivering promising results after only...
Africa
Aid by Trade Foundation Announces New Head of Business Development
Valéa Vadaleau will join the Aid by Trade Foundation team as Head of Business Development on March 1,...
Editorial Pick: Textile News
T-SCAN: Indian Customers Confirm Impressive Performance
Removing foreign parts from cotton is a challenging task. That’s why our T-SCAN technology features multiple modules that...
Africa
Better Cotton Completes Certification Transition, Enhances Supply Chain Oversight
Better Cotton has today completed its transition to become a certification scheme. This strategic move underscores the organisation’s...
Economy News
Spinnova Oyj (Finland) Joins ITMF As Corporate Member
Based in Finland, Spinnova has developed patented technology for making textile fibre from wood pulp or waste, such...
TEXPROCIL Urges Govt. Support As Cotton Textile Exports Plummet
As per data released by the Indian Ministry of Commerce & Industry, exports of cotton textiles touched US$ 9405 million during April to February...
Necessity of handing over cotton seeds factories to the Union of Cotton Agricultural Cooperatives
Improving the quality of cotton seeds is another important factor in the development of cotton cultivation, and in connection with increasing the quality of...
Associations urge cotton , textile sectors for joint action
The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), UK-based Committee for International Cooperation Between Cotton Associations (CICCA) and International Cotton Association (ICA), US-based International Cotton Advisory Committee...
Egypt’s area under cotton harvest projected to decline
Egypt's area under cotton harvest is projected to drop by almost 35 per cent to 65,000 hectares (ha) in market year (MY) 2020-21 from...
Kenya beats Uganda in planting 1st transgenic cotton seed
Kenya’s agriculture cabinet secretary Peter Munya recently planted the country’s first transgenic Bt cotton seed with farmers at Alupe University College in Busia County,...
TEXPROCIL urges policy intervention in textile sector
The Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council of India (TEXPROCIL) has requested the government for urgent policy intervention to provide fiscal relief and ensure credit...
Minister: We seek to revive textile industry, restore Egyptian cotton glory
Minister of Public Business Sector Hesham Tawfik said Sunday that his ministry continues carrying out ambitious plans to develop spinning and weaving industries and...
Adidas tops Cotton Ranking 2020 for sustainable cotton
Adidas has taken the top slot in the Cotton Ranking 2020 published by three non-governmental organisations (NGOs—UK-based Pesticide Action Network (PAN), the Netherlands-based Solidaridad...
Egypt approves $592 mn loan for cotton, textile sector
Egypt’s parliament recently approved a draft law submitted by the government to authorise the minister of finance to guarantee that the state-run Cotton &...
Uncertainty shades cotton outlook into 2020
The most certain thing about cotton markets going into the 2020 planting season is that uncertainty will persist."I've never been in a situation where...
