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Better Cotton Initiative Names Alan McClay as New CEO
Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), the nonprofit that promotes responsible global standards for cotton…
India: Tamil Nadu Textile Mills to Bring Cotton in By Ship to Cut Costs
Textile mills in Tamil Nadu, India are battling to keep ahead of rising road transportation costs, and in…
Study Finds India’s Farmer Suicides Linked to Genetically-Modified Cotton
Suicides among farmers in India's rain-fed areas are the direct result of genetically-modified biotech (BT)…
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Better Cotton is gaining popularity in the raw materials sector and many in the industry still don't quite…
Cotton Prices Drop Four Cents in July
Cotton prices have been on a wild ride since January, up one month and down the next, and the see-saw pattern…
Report: Child Labor in India’s Cottonseed Industry on the Rise
Although the International Labour Organization (ILO) has said there are one-third fewer children worldwide…
Op-Ed: Facing The New Challenges For Cotton
The textile industry has undergone enormous change in the past 10 years. Global trade in textiles was once…
Egypt Scraps Cotton Import Ban
Just one week after Egypt imposed a ban on cotton imports in an effort to boost its own cotton sector, the…
Nigeria Plans to Revive Cotton, Textile and Garment Industries
Following campaign promises, Nigeria's president Muhammadu Buhari has created a special committee to revive…
Cornell University Converts Fabric to Electronic Components
A group of students and the director of the Textiles Nanotechnology Laboratory at Cornell University, Juan…
Cotton Made in Africa Initiative Proves Beneficial to African Farmers
The Cotton Made in Africa (CmiA) initiative has proved positive for African cotton farmers, as it provides…
Egypt Stops Cotton Imports to Boost Local Crop
In a bid to boost its domestic cotton sector, Egypt says it will cease all cotton imports—a move seemingly in…
Cotton Prices Edge Up In June
Cotton prices continued their see-saw ride in June, rising more than 4 percent in the month after a 3 percent…
China to Sell 1 Million Tons of Cotton From Reserves This Summer
China said earlier in June that it would start selling its cotton stockpile this year, and the plan for that…
Global Cotton Production to Decline 6 Percent in 2015/16
The world's cotton production is set to decrease for the fourth consecutive season, and a decline in cotton…