Cotton

Photo: REUTERS/Amit Dave
Thoughts

Cotton farming in the Agriculture 4.0 era

Globally, food systems contribute more than one-third of total greenhouse emissions. About one-fifth of total emissions come specifically from agriculture, forestry and other land use. By using...

Premium cotton now cheaper, millers stuck with costly stockpile
RMG

Premium cotton now cheaper, millers stuck with costly stockpile

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World+Biz

Unctad stresses tapping the full potential of cotton in developing countries

Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

Why we should weave a better future for cotton

Seventh Cotton Day celebrated in Bangladesh
Bangladesh

Seventh Cotton Day celebrated in Bangladesh

A farmer hand-picks cotton in a field in Sirsa, Haryana, India.Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg
Bloomberg Special

The world’s cotton supply keeps shrinking, hit by drought, heat

A man wearing face mask reacts on a street amid a heatwave warning, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China July 13, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
China

China's Xinjiang warns of floods, cotton risks amid sizzling heatwaves

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Economy

Cotton price declining on slower demand

Farida Akhter. Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

Bt Cotton approval. Another alarming threat?

Less than 30% of cost-cutting programmes in the RMG sector involving cutting down the number of workers in a production line achieve their goals, and less than a fifth of these can achieve consistent rewards over the following three years. Photo: Mumit M
Global Economy

Cotton rally squeezes Asian garment makers, threatens recovery from Covid

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Economy

Spinners not getting ordered cotton as local agents sell it to other parties

Dhaka for revoking double fumigation of US cotton, to seek duty-free market access
Economy

Dhaka for revoking double fumigation of US cotton, to seek duty-free market access

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Economy

Bangladesh to import more US cotton as consumption gains: USDA