For Rajita Nandsee and many other families in her village, growing sustainable cotton means getting excited about insects – a sharp contrast to how farmers typically feel towards pests. Andhra Pradesh ...

Minister Ponnam Prabhakar has announced that cotton is now being purchased through the Kapas Kisan mobile app, following the ...

It all comes down to water use. Whether it’s in our own personal lives or the brands and retailers we patronize, lowering our water use is a significant part of how we reduce our environmental impact.

Cotton seed production across the country has witnessed a positive growth trajectory in the last three years following accelerated increase in yields, The Nation has learnt. Confirming this ...

Founded in 1954, SUPIMA is less than 1% of global cotton production out of California, and supportuing the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SIGMA) to regulate water use and preserve resources.

Bathinda: Cotton production in India has witnessed a significant decline over the past decade. In 2014–15 cotton season, production stood at 386 lakh bales (1 bale = 170 kg), while consumption was 309 ...

A field of a genetically modified variety of cotton called Bt Cotton with inbuilt insecticide resistance, in India. Cotton's environmental impacts are well-publicized (if not well-understood), ...

On cotton, the story in the Aug. 12 World Agricultural Supply and Demand estimates was drought in the Southwest leading to increased abandonment of dryland acres—but boosting yield estimates in ...

Cotton is deeply woven into the cultural and economic fabric of Texas. Despite seismic changes in the state's economy from the first wildcatters in East Texas at the turn of the last century to a ...