To aid in navigation:” the political economy of cotton in the Portuguese Empire. In 1790, British envoy Robert Walpole asked ...

Mathias Azonnoudo, a 50-year-old farmer in Benin, was taking a break sitting on a large pile of freshly picked cotton, which the government hopes will feed the country's nascent textile revolution.

The Mission for Cotton Productivity aims to boost cotton production and export by introducing new technologies to counter ...

With ambitions to become Africa's leading cotton producer, Benin is moving beyond raw exports to establish a robust textile ...

The Union Budget has unveiled a five-year Cotton Mission aimed to increase cotton productivity particularly among extra-long staple varieties leveraging Scien ...

The budget allocation for the textile sector saw a steep increase from the FY24-25 revised figure of Rs 3,342 crore to Rs ...

The Union Finance Minister presented the Union Budget for 2025-26 on February 1, with a significant focus on the textile ...

The Budget announced an outlay of Rs. 5272 crores (Budget Estimates) for the Ministry of Textiles for 2025-26. This is an increase of 19 percent over budget estimates of 2024-25 (Rs. 4417.03 crore).

RAJSHAHI, Feb 2, 2025 (BSS)- Cotton farming fields are not only delighting the growers but also making them happy as they are getting cherished yield and market price in the region, including its vast ...

The Indian apparel & textile industry with a size of about US $ 176 billion contributes close to 2 per cent to the country’s ...

The five-year mission for cotton productivity aims to improve Extra Long Staple cotton quality and yields, potentially benefiting the industry and companies like Ambika Cotton, despite stagnant seed ...