Eldoret-based textile firm Rivatex recently witnessed a major upgrade of its facility by installing advanced machinery after the Kenyan Government secured Sh5 billion in funding from the US Export-Import Bank. The fabric producer, which had been dormant for years, has seen a transformation in the last two...
The next edition of Yarn Expo Autumn 2019 will be organised during September 25-27 in Shanghai, building on the success of the Yarn Expo Spring 2019 which reported positive feedback from exhibitors about the quality of trade buyers, while buyers expressed satisfaction about the diverse variety of...
Mali, a land-locked country in west Africa, is expecting record cotton output of around 800,000 tonnes during the ongoing season 2019-20, according to the ministry of agriculture. This would be about 22 per cent higher than 656,548 tonnes produced in the previous season that ended March this...
Kenya’s Kisumu National Polytechnic has received Sh1.2 billion funding from the World Bank to create centres of excellence for value addition in the cotton industry in the Nyanza region. The centres will be built across the region to offer skills and competencies to support the sector’s growth...
The regulatory duty on cotton import may be restored to prevent the
massive import and dumping of cotton and enable farmers to receive a global
parity price, a meeting on budget proposals for agriculture in Pakistan
recently suggested, while expressing reservations over the fertilizer price
hike in the last two years...
India is expected to regain the top-producer status in 2019-20 season, surpassing China, which became the leading cotton producer in 2018-19, according to the US department of agriculture (USDA). India’s cotton production during the season is forecast to increase by 3-million-bales to 28.5 million bales, while China...