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US Cotton Trust Protocol appoints new executive director, Daren Abney

Daren Abney has been appointed as Executive director of the US Cotton Trust Protocol, which was set up to define…

9 months ago

Interloop launches Looptrace platform to improve cotton traceability

Interloop is making significant progress toward fulfilling its long-term commitment to ethical manufacturing, its most recent technological advancement could be…

2 years ago

AbTF invests €2.8 mn to improve livelihoods of African cotton farmers

The Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF) has launched a new EUR2.8 million (US$2.9 million) co-operative initiative to help small-scale farmers…

2 years ago

Soorty launches a campaign to promote organic cotton

Soorty, Pakistan's largest vertically integrated denim firm, has initiated an organic cotton project called SCOCI in collaboration with WWF Pakistan.

3 years ago

DBS collaborates with Inditex to launch organic cotton procurement financing programme

A pilot organic cotton procurement financing programme will be launched by DBS bank in partnership with Zara’s owner Inditex which…

3 years ago

Organisations enter into contract to promote organic cotton

To promote the creation of fair and transparent supply chains for organic farmers to the consumers, the Organic Accelerator has…

4 years ago

Punjab to increase area under cotton by 30%

Punjab additional chief secretary (development) Viswajeet Khanna said on Saturday that the state agricultural department had chalked out a comprehensive…

4 years ago

Is this the worst year to sow cotton?

It is ironic how quickly well-crafted demand estimates can become dated. In late February, US Department of Agriculture released figures…

4 years ago

Kenya to start growing GM cotton commercially

Kenya on Wednesday announced plans to start commercial growing of Bt cotton, or genetically modified (GM) cotton. Charles Waturu, Principal…

5 years ago

Pink bollworm strikes cotton crop in Maharashtra, India

According to the official, an economic threshold is the insect's population level or extent of crop damage at which the…

6 years ago