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Related Keywords: Better Cotton Initiative, Better Cotton standard, Cotton Institute of Mozambique, ISEAL Alliance, Mozambique cotton growing

Mozambique to revitalize its cotton industry is now developing its own national standard for sustainable cotton production, which will mirror the principles and criteria developed by Better Cotton Initiative (BCI).

The Mozambique government has partnered with the BCI. The 2014 strategic partnership agreement was signed by the Cotton Institute of Mozambique (IAM) and BCI embeds the Better Cotton principles and criteria within Mozambique’s national regulations for cotton growing.

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Cotton is said to be still a major contributor to Mozambique’s agricultural exports and is a main source of income for many rural communities in the African country. The Mozambique government has partnered with the Better Cotton Initiative to revitalize its cotton industry to achieve its ambitious goal to become the first country in the world to produce 100 percent ‘Better Cotton’.

Related Keywords: apparel, Better Cotton Initiative, cotton yarn, e-commerce, fabrics, Fair, Fancy Yarn Zone, fashion, fiber, green products, Modal, Textile Association, viscose, wool, Yarn Expo

Green products continue to be sought after more and more by consumers nowadays, and textiles are no exception. In order to promote sustainable development throughout the industry, a number of yarn and fibre manufacturers have endeavoured to introduce green products into the early stages of textile production, and Yarn Expo, as the leading yarn and fibre business platform in Asia, serves as an ideal stage for these suppliers to gain exposure to buyers looking for such products.

Related Keywords: Better Cotton Initiative, fastest growing and global best recognized denim mills in China, in lightweight cotton denim fabrics, no change in the price, production base in Shaoguan, Prosperity Textile, use Better Cotton, with shift to Better Cotton

Prosperity Textile is one of the fastest growing and global best recognized denim mills in China with its production base in Shaoguan, Guangdong province, has decide to begin using Better Cotton for all its lightweight cotton denim fabrics beginning with the Spring/Summer 2017 season. According to the company, there will be no change in the price with the shift to Better Cotton. Prosperity Textile can produce up to 2 million yards per month of lightweight denim, including shirting and dress-weight fabrics.

Related Keywords: APTMA, Better Cotton Initiative, decreasing cotton stock, domestic marekt, kapas, Karachi Cotton Association, Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association, Pakistan cotton market, ready cotton sales, rising cotton prices, seed cotton, unsold cotton

The rising cotton prices which had mind- numbing effects on the Pakistan market last week continue to remain fixed in the wake of the fact that the domestic market is left with only 200,00 bales of unsold cotton.

For whatever minimal quantity of seed cotton (kapas / phutti) prices in Sindh were quoted between Rs 2,000 and Rs 2,600 per 40 kgs, according to the quality, while in the Punjab they were quoted between Rs 2,400 to Rs 3,100 per 40 kilogrammes in a firming market.

Related Keywords: Better Cotton Initiative, export item, increase cotton harvest, introduction of methodologies, met Uzbekengilsanoat, reducing cost, Uzbek farmers

Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) representatives has a meeting with the leadership of Uzbekistan’s state light industry company Uzbekengilsanoat during their visit to Uzbekistan last week to discuss introduction of the methodologies of Better Cotton in Uzbekistan which would help Uzbek farmers increase cotton harvest while reducing costs.

Related Keywords: APTMA, BCI, BCI’s Strategic Plan, Better Cotton Initiative, consumption of BCI cotton, global cotton production, increase market access, MoU, Pakistan cotton industry, textile products

To improve the quality of cotton production in Pakistan, the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) on Friday. The MoU will supplement the efforts for mainstreaming production and consumption of BCI cotton in Pakistan.

The initiative also aims in achieving sustainability targets and increase the market access for textile products from Pakistan.

Aptma will be the Programme Promoting Agency within Pakistan to promote the initiative in line with the BCI’s Strategic Plan for the country.

Related Keywords: APTMA, BCI cotton, Better Cotton Initiative, Export development fund, Pakistan cotton industry, textile export

Pakistan with around 163000 metric tonnes of cotton grown and processed with Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) is Textile industry is currently the leading producer of BCI cotton and is planning to further, undertake an initiative to broad-base the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) cotton production. In order to make the initiative sustainable and expand it to maximum areas of cotton production is preparing a proposal to the Ministry of textile Industry for funding the project from the Export Development Fund (EDF).

Related Keywords: Better Cotton Initiative, cotton production

The project Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) has managed to reached around 7.5 lakh farmers who will work to produce almost one million tons of Better Cotton with project spending of €9.6 million for 2014.

Better Cotton farmers will use up to 20 percent less water, 67 percent less pesticides, and use more organic fertilizer, to make their crop more profitable.

An investors meeting was conducted by the committee of Better Cotton Fast Track Program (BCFTP), in Delhi, India, where 50 Better Cotton projects were approved across India, Pakistan, China, Mozambique and Mali.