Non-traditional applications of cotton are being explored to create new sustainable products and new markets. Advanced Cotton Laboratory at Lubbock-based Texas Tech University has been exploring new opportunities for cotton, for a few years now.
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The cotton stakeholders across the textile value chain have been demanding to bring back technology mission on cotton in a revised format.
One year after its launch of WHAT’S NEW IN COTTON at Première Vision in Paris, Cotton Council International (CCI), will once again showcase an array of the US cotton-rich apparel created with innovative technology at its booth in Hall 6, 6D62 at Première Vision from 19-21 September.
Maharashtra government recently declared 115 tehsils, or administrative zones, in 18 districts of Marathwada, North Maharashtra and Vidarbha regions as ‘cotton growing’ areas to boost the textile industry.
The Union Ministry of Textiles has issued a draft notification prescribing quality standards for cotton bales as per the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) norms.
As the world’s largest standard for sustainable cotton from Africa, Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) now certifies around 40 per cent of the cotton produced by smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa.
With unsettled trade dispute between China and the United States, the US government announced support schemes. United States’ agricultural commodity producers will receive support to offset price imbalances due to the retaliatory tariffs imposed by China.