Meeting
Study Visit on Cotton By-Products Development
… Cotton by-products industries are underdeveloped in ESA owing … inadequate policies to support the development of cotton by-products industries; insufficient data to assess the viability of investments in cotton by-products; and a lack information about value added …
News
Zambian cotton entrepreneur goes beyond the fibre
… Zambia produces about 55,000 metric tons of raw cotton each year. After processing, it exports most of its … any value to the fibre and imports most of its absorbent cotton wool products such as ear buds and swabs. This robs … Limited, processes raw lint into absorbent or surgical cotton wool for medical and sanitary use. Founded in 2016, …
Non-Official Document
Development of Cotton By-Products in Mozambique, Luis Tomo, Director-General, Mozambique Institute for Cotton
… Conference Trade Development Regional Workshop Promoting Cotton -Products Eastern Southern Africa 28-30 2019, Johannesburg, South Africa Hosted Cotton SA Development Cotton -Products Mozambique Luis Tomo, Director-General, …
News
From fibre to fabric: Celebrating the value of cotton
… You are rarely too far from something made of or containing cotton. In clothing, linens, furniture, mattresses, vehicles, dollar bills and much more, cotton is always around us. It’s the most abundantly produced … when UNCTAD and its partners will mark the first World Cotton Day in Geneva, Switzerland, in a global celebration of …
Non-Official Document
Increasing seed cotton production, Rudy Van Gent, GIZ, Competitive African Cotton Initiative
… Promoting cotton -products Eastern Southern Africa National Capacity Building Workshop Tanzania Increasing seed cotton production Dar es Salaam, 15-17 November 2017 0 50.000 … 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 Seed Cotton Production Tanzania (MT) 618 865 615 504 370 335 …
Meeting
National validation workshop on cotton by-products development in Malawi
… A feasibility study on the development of cotton by-products in Malawi was carried out within the framework of a project on technology transfer for cotton by-products in Malawi, implemented by UNCTAD and … study aims to assess the potential of Malawi to develop cotton by-products as a value chain in parallel to cotton …
Publication
Characteristics associated with access to agricultural inputs in the cotton sector: The case of the Kara region in Togo
… as fertilisers, herbicides, insecticides and seeds in the cotton sector in the Kara region of Togo. This is an important research question given that low cotton production, largely due to low yields, limits Togo's ambition to develop a cotton industry. Through increased and improved use of …
Publication
Feasibility study on the development of cotton by-products in Malawi
… The four leading commodity exports are: Tobacco Tea Sugar Cotton The objective of the report is to provide a feasibility assessment on the development of cotton by-products in Malawi. It highlights opportunities with regard to the use of cotton byproducts in order to stimulate discussion among key …
Non-Official Document
Value Addition for a Resilient Cotton Sector in Africa, Joseph Nkole, Executive Director, Cotton Association of Zambia
… AT WTO WORLD COTTON DAY 7th October 2019, WTO, Geneva Market Power Addition Deliver Income Gains Zambian Cotton Farmers “ Addition Resilient Cotton Sector Africa” Joseph Nkole Chief Executive Officer, …
Official Document
Analysis of Cotton By-Products Survey
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… - Funded United Nations Development Account - 2016-2019 COTTON AND ITS BY-PRODUCTS Uganda AT Boglio Typewritten Text ANALYSIS OF COTTON BY-PRODUCTS SURVEY Boglio Typewritten Text Boglio Typewritten Text Cotton -products Eastern Southern Africa Analysis cotton …