Cotton holds a special place in India’s history, economy, and daily life. As one of the world’s largest producers and exporters of cotton, India has a long and rich tradition of cotton cultivation and ...

Experts predicted that this year, there may be an increase in the acreage for cotton plantations in the Northern ... Rakesh Rathi, former president of India Cotton Association Limited (ICAL ...

While plantations on farms and barren land ... sleepers and build ships in order to transport the cotton, rubber and tea it took from India. Through the Indian Forest Act of 1865, forests with ...

Launched by the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), the European Space Agency and German data fusion agency Marple are teaming up on the project that will observe Indian cotton fields and ...

The decline in cotton’s share in global fibre consumption is catching up in India, too, with the production and consumption of synthetic and cellulosic fibres increasing, traders and industry ...

Some of the best-known global apparel brands procured cotton grown in Indian farms that employ child and bonded labourers, a report by a US-based rights group alleged Tuesday (Jan 7). An ...

Feature'Repairing the Earth' (5/6).In the state of Madhya Pradesh, several thousand small-scale farmers have gradually converted to growing organic cotton, which is a minority crop in India.