Cotton

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has called for the elimination of child labour, particularly in Africa's cotton industry. Citing Mali, Africa's second largest cotton producer, as an example, the FAO…

Mali has recorded its largest cotton production of more than 760,000 tons for the 2021-2022 season. The President of the Transition Assimi Goita declared the record production on Saturday, figures that place Mali as the top cotton…

Cotton and textile industry in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has shown resilience by further tapping markets and winning over more customers with its superior quality, as platforms, such as the (China) Eurasia Commodity…

Nigeria’s cotton industry is fast sliding towards extinction on account of a shrinking local market and low seeds available to farmers, despite the incentives of an alluring $3 trillion global industry. More so, many of Nigeria’s…

The Central Bank of Nigeria #CBN has held a meeting with stakeholders in the country's Cotton, Garment and Textile sector with a view to resuscitating the industry. Governor of the CBN, Mr Ifeanyi I. Emefiele, commended…