The 2023 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor, a flagship publication of AKADEMIYA2063 and the International Food Policy Research Institute, provides an overview of trade in agriculture in Africa, including analysis of short- and long-term trends and drivers behind Africa’s global trade, intra-African trade, and trade within Africa’s regional economic communities. The …
The 2023 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor, a flagship publication of AKADEMIYA2063 and the International Food Policy Research Institute, provides an overview of trade in agriculture in Africa, including analysis of short- and long-term trends and drivers behind Africa’s global trade, intra-African trade, and trade within Africa’s regional economic communities. The …
This report is the first-ever detailed physical climate risk and vulnerability assessment for India’s cotton value chain. The study considers a wide range of climate hazards including thresholds that are specific to cotton production. A total of 41 climate hazard indicators and socio-economic indicators were used to assess the risk …
This report is the first-ever global analysis of climate risks to cotton production. The study provides a high-level analysis of physical climate risks across global cotton-growing regions for the 2040s. Both environmental and social impacts of climate change will affect the entire cotton value chain and cannot be tackled in …
A new report that can help the fashion industry transition towards sustainable, low carbon production by detailing how cotton and polyester can be sustainably sourced. Under the 2015 Paris Agreement, the international community has agreed to limit global average temperature rise to as close as possible to 1.5°C above pre-industrial …
This Powering Livelihoods market research report provides insights on the current state and the potential for Solarvastra - a fabric produced using solar charkhas and solar looms. The usage of solar power provides a unique value proposition for these 100 per cent renewable energy-based products. The report highlights key geographies …
The study hypothesis is that farmers receive significant benefits on adopting sustainable practices/ adopting voluntary Standards, compared to their conventional counterparts, and collaboration/ alignment is possible in policies/ initiatives of the State and those of sustainability standards, to enable translating the positive impacts on the State’s social, economic and environmental …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Madhav Das Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 17/12/2019 regarding operation of a cotton mill in district Mathura, as in its process of separation of seeds from the cotton plants, air pollution is caused for which necessary safeguards …
Global demand for agricultural products is projected to grow by 15 percent over the coming decade, while agricultural productivity growth is expected to increase slightly faster, causing inflation-adjusted prices of the major agricultural commodities to remain at or below their current levels, according to an annual report by the Organisation …
More and more farmers in Maharashtra are openly planting herbicide-tolerant (HT) cotton seeds, despite it being illegal and entails criminal punishment with a heavy fine. Videos of farmers planting HTBT cotton are going viral on social media. On Monday, activists in Wardha district of Maharashtra held a press conference inviting …
Shetkari Sanghatana — a farmers’ organisation from Maharashtra — has announced that it would hold a satyagraha tomorrow by planting banned varieties of genetically-modified (GM) cotton and brinjals. Calling it a farmers’ satyagraha, Anil Ghanwat, president, Shetkari Sanghatana, said 5,000 farmers will break the law banning GM crops by planting …
On cotton farms in Telangana, India, performance draws attention to farmers’ work not merely as an economic activity but as directed toward different kinds of audiences and in conversation with different roles,stages, and scripts. Importantly, this performance is contextualized by a neoliberal seed market where a seasonal deluge of accelerated …
Balochistan on Wednesday marked the certification of Pakistan's first organic cotton bale at a ceremony held at Kot Sabzal. Balochistan's Minister for Agriculture Engineer Zamrak Khan said the provincial government was committed to promoting organic agriculture throughout the province. He further said that Balochistan would be developing an organic agriculture …
Since the last few years, farmers in the Yavatmal region of Maharashtra have been challenged by pests like the pink bollworm on cotton which is assuming menacing proportions, and this year too farmers have noticed with alarm, an early onset of the pest. The dangerous chemical cocktail of pesticides used …
Unit says damaged filter replaced after receiving complaint Residents of Periyar Nagar in Ward 69 of Coimbatore Corporation have alleged that over the past three days cotton waste dust from a micro dust chimney of Pankaja Mills of the National Textile Corporation is causing hardship to them. V. Shanti (42), …
Genetically modified cotton The Government has begun nationwide trials for the production of genetically modified cotton. Speaking at the 34th Annual Seminar of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya in Mombasa yesterday, Devolution and Asal Principal Secretary Micah Powon said trials were going on in secluded areas in …
With India emerging as a leading cotton producer in the world, and considering the large-scale adoption of Bt cotton cultivation, there is a need to understand the patterns of pesticide use by cotton farmers, especially as environmental, ecological, and health concerns surrounding pesticide use continue to be debated.
NAGPUR: Nagpur Municipal Corporation is offering eco-friendly options for cremation of bodies at four crematoriums in the city. Alternative to woods, these briquettes are basically hard bricks with the right mixture of agri-waste such as cotton plant stalks, arhar plant stalks, rice husk etc. After Nagpur, Sangali city corporation is …
Kenya on Thursday sought public comments before embarking on a national performance trials (NPT) of genetically modified cotton (Bt cotton). Margaret Njuki, Chief Compliance Officer at the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA), said it is mandatory that the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the proposed trials be done before the …
Nagpur: The pest attack has left the cotton growers in a poor state as the rates for their produce have dropped sharply. Cotton arrival is strong in market even by March end. Farmers had been holding on with a part of their crop hoping that the rates would improve by …
