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...
B’desh decreases dependency on India’s cotton
Once accounting for more than 50 per cent of Bangladesh’s total cotton imports, India apparently is losing the favourite tag from the former’s perspective...
100% cotton from Gap by 2025
100% cotton :: Following Benetton’s recent pledge to use 100 per cent sustainable cotton by 2025, Gap Inc. too has in its statement committed...
Ghana fixes cotton prices for 2019-20 crop season
Ghana recently fixed the seed and input cost for the cultivation of cotton for the 2019-20 crop season at a meeting of government representatives...
Uzbek cotton removed from US child labour products list
Uzbek cotton has been removed from a list of products produced with child labour, a notice posted on the Federal Register last month by...
World cotton output to rise 6.8% in 2019-20: USDA
World cotton production is expected to rise 6.8 per cent with yields rebounding in several countries and area also rising, according to the first...
Global interest in African cotton growing
Global interest in Africa is growing. The US and Russia don’t want to be sidelined in the Dark Continent by strategic super-investor China. At...
Oritain Eyes Cotton Supply Chain Traceability in Egypt
Supply chain traceability company, Oritain has announced it has partnered with Egyptian cotton supply chain trader Modern Nile Cotton Co., in order to verify...
USDA Lowers 2017-18 Cotton Export Target
The US department of agriculture (USDA) has lowered the country’s cotton export target for 2017-18 to 14.5 million bales of 480 lb each, down...
