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Mesdan offers stickiness testing method for organic cotton

September 2021

The increasing demand for organic cotton goes hand-in hand with the increasing interest in the cotton stickiness testing. Mesdan's CONTEST-S helps to check cotton stickiness to improve yarn quality.

Tags: Mesdan, Stickiness Testing, Organic Cotton, CONTEST-S, Yarn Quality

Hohenstein unveils method to detect GMOs in cotton

August 2021

A new qualification method has been developed by the Textile testing partner Hohenstein which has been qualified to detect the type and extent of genetic modifications in organic cotton.

Tags: GMO, Organic Cotton, Hohenstein, Genetic Modifications, Germany, Textile Testing Partner

OCA to support organic cotton farming in India

June 2021

To support partners to procure organic cotton in India, OCA has joined forces with Fairtrade Deutschland, Tchibo, Dibella, and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.

Tags: OCA, Germany, Organic Cotton, Cotton Industry, Global Textile

SIMA requests withdrawal of import duty on cotton

June 2021

According to the Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA), the import duty on raw cotton would erode the competitiveness India’s value-added segments that has a business size of around Rs 50,000 crores in exports and Rs 25,000 crores in the domestic market.

Tags: Ashwin Chandran, Southern India Mills’ Association, SIMA, Cotton, Duty On Cotton, Ministry Of Textiles, Organic Cotton, Technology Mission On Cotton, Finance Minister, Indian Textile Exports, Bed Linen, Terry Towel, Home Textile Exports, Indian Cotton Textile Industry, Covid 19

OCA sets new guidelines for non-GM cottonseed producers

May 2021

The new guidelines of the Organic Cotton Accelerator (OCA) has been released for seed producers to prevent GMO contamination in organic cotton

Tags: Organic Cotton Accelerator, OCA, New Guidelines For Cottonseed Producers, GMO Contamination, Organic Cotton, GM Cotton

SIMA launches ELS organic cotton project in Tamilnadu

March 2021

Though India has become the largest producer of cotton in the world, the country faces acute shortage of Extra Long Staple (ELS) cotton as the BT technology that was introduced during 2003, provided the technology only for long staple cotton.

Tags: Extra Long Staple Cotton, Organic Cotton Farming, Cotton Farming, BT Technology, SIMA, Tamil Nadu, Cotton Corporation Of India

GOTS brings clarity to GMO testing for organic cotton

March 2021

In 2019, GOTS, the OCA and Textile Exchange partnered to develop the ISO IWA 32:2019 protocol to create a common language among laboratories to screen for the presence of GM cotton along the organic cotton value chain.

Tags: GMO Cotton, Organic Cotton, GOTS, Textile Exchange, Organic Cotton Accelerator

Vasudha Swaraj engages 1000 tribal farmers into ROC

January 2021

Vasudha Swaraj, an agriculture arm of Pratibha Syntex, engages 1000 tribal farmers in cultivation of regenerative organic cotton. The intent is to restore and build soil, ensure animal welfare, and render fair conditions for farmers and farmworkers.

Tags: Pratibha Syntax, Regenerative Organic Cotton, Vasudha Swaraj, Cotton Farming, Multi Cropping, Atul Mittal, Inter Cropping