Cotton

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

Africa Elham Habibi - August 19, 2026 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...

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...

Kenyan Farmers to Grow Bt Cotton Commercially Starting

Fiber & yarn November 11, 2018

Kenyan farmers will start commercially growing transgenic Bt cotton from next April after waiting for nearly two decades. The development is likely to spur...

1st specialized free zone for textile industry in Egypt

Economy News November 6, 2018

The world’s first specialized free zone for the textile industry is under construction in Egypt’s Minya Governorate, the chief executive officer of the General...

Brazilian cotton prices drop more than 7% in October

Fiber & yarn November 6, 2018

Cotton prices dropped in Brazil in October. From September 28 to October 31, the Center for Advanced Studies on Applied Economics (CEPEA)/ESALQ cotton Index,...

Tajikistan Reports 60,000 Tons of Cotton Harvested Amid Expanding Cultivation

Fiber & yarn September 26, 2018

Tajikistan has harvested approximately 60,000 tons of cotton as of September 18, according to official local media sources. The crop has been collected from...

Birla Cellulose, Isko, Lenzing Join ZDHC Programme

Fiber & yarn May 28, 2018

Birla Cellulose, Isko and Lenzing have joined ZDHC Roadmap to Zero Programme. These new contributors join in the category of value chain affiliates from...

US bans import of cotton goods from Turkmenistan

Fiber & yarn May 28, 2018

The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a Withhold Release Order (WRO) last week banning the importation of all Turkmenistan cotton or...

Pakistan to Start Importing Cotton from Afghanistan

Fiber & yarn May 21, 2018

Pakistan has signed an agreement to facilitate bilateral trade with Afghanistan and has also decided to import Afghan cotton. At a ceremony held in...

ICCTM Advances Research on Cotton Stickiness

Fiber & yarn April 11, 2018

The ITMF International Committee on Cotton Testing Methods (ICCTM) is making substantial progress in identifying the sources and causes of stickiness in cotton. The...

COTTONSCOPE Recognized

Fiber & yarn April 11, 2018

The ITMF International Committee on Cotton Testing Methods (ICCTM) gave full recognition at its meeting in Bremen, Germany to CottonScope, a fiber-testing instrument developed...