Cotton

Climate Change Puts Africa’s Cotton and Textile Ambitions Under Pressure

Africa Elham Habibi - 0
Africa’s ambitions to expand its textile and apparel manufacturing industry are becoming increasingly linked to a challenge that begins far before the spinning mill...
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Africa

Benin Plans to Triple Local Cotton Processing as Textile Industry Expands

Benin is moving to increase its domestic cotton-processing capacity from 40,000 tonnes to 140,000 tonnes as part of...
Africa

Africa’s Cotton Industry Holds Key to Millions of Textile Jobs, Experts Say

Africa's cotton industry could become one of the continent's strongest drivers of industrial growth, employment, and economic transformation...
Middle East and Africa

Cameroon Partners with Tunisia to Strengthen Cotton and Textile Value Chain

Cameroon is seeking to strengthen its textile and apparel industry by drawing on Tunisia's industrial expertise, as the...
Africa

Cotton made in Africa Receives Top “Excellent” Rating from Germany’s Siegelklarheit Platform

Cotton made in Africa has received the highest possible rating of “Excellent” from Siegelklarheit, Germany’s sustainability label assessment...

GLOBAL COTTON DEMAND TO DECLINE BY 15%

Fiber & yarn
The Cotton and Wool Outlook study of the Economic Research Service indicates that, for June 2020, the global economic downturn has substantially reduced world...

US Cotton Trust Protocol to provide sustainability data

Fiber & yarn
Starting today, brands and retailers can join the US Cotton Trust Protocol, a new system for responsibly grown cotton that will provide annual data...

Helmand Cotton Factory Reopens After 7 Years

Economy News
The state-run Bost Enterprise, a cotton ginning factory, has officially reopened after seven years. According to a statement from Helman Governor’s office, farmer’s cotton products...

Australia’s Cotton Area Lowest Since The 1970s

Fiber & yarn
Australia’s cotton crop area has plunged to the smallest in four decades as years of drought slashed growers’ access to water and prevented planting. As...

TEXPROCIL Urges Govt. Support As Cotton Textile Exports Plummet

Fiber & yarn
As per data released by the Indian Ministry of Commerce & Industry, exports of cotton textiles touched US$ 9405 million during April to February...

Egypt to import 3 cotton ginning machines from India

Middle East and Africa
The Holding Company for Cotton, Spinning, Weaving and Garments, affiliated to the Egyptian ministry of Public Enterprise Sector, has signed contracts for import of...

Nigeria’s Zamfara state to boost cotton production

Fiber & yarn
The Zamfara state government in Nigeria recently received approval from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to finance 60,000 cotton and rice farmers, according...

Nigeria CBN to Fund 1.6 mn Cotton Farmers This Season

Middle East and Africa
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will fund 1.6 million farmers in the 2020 wet season to help raise farm output. The apex bank...

The Better Cotton Initiative launches in Egypt

Egypt
After many years’ of engagement and preparation, the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), a global not-for-profit organisation, together with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation...

Cotton Yarn Global exports drops 13.7% in 2019

Fiber & yarn
The global trade of cotton yarn, containing 85.00 per cent more by weight of cotton, have shown a tremendous fall in the year 2019....
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