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RMRDC starts process to increase garment production locally

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The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) is an agency of the Federal Government of Nigeria to reduce the import of garment has started the process to increase garment production locally for both local and international markets.

RMRDC distributes seeds to farmers to revive cotton farming

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The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) to revive cotton farming and textile industry in Nigeria distributed over 10 tonnes of improved cotton seeds to farmers in two years. This year, they gave 4.3 tonnes of seeds of cotton comprising Samaru 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 varieties to the farmers in the 4 cotton growing zones, namely:North West, North East, North Central, South West, said Dr Gabriel G. Awolehin, Chairman, Cotton Strategic Committee, RMRDC.

Nigeria sees Bt. cotton as a viable way of engaging with the technology

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Delegations from neighbouring Benin and Togo which included farmers, government officials, members of parliament and textile industry representatives visited Burkina to see for themselves how Bt. cotton has transformed the economy. Burkina Faso’s yields and farmers' incomes have risen, chemical use is down, and cotton and cottonseed oil have become major exports, after Burkina Faso's recent fiasco over Bt. cotton fibre length - and the decision by cotton companies to slow adoption while the issue is being resolved - is being interpreted differently in the region.

RMRDC organizes capacity building workshop for cotton farmer

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The Raw Materials Research and Development Council, (RMRDC) in a bid to revive the Nigeria textile industry has recently organized a capacity building workshop for farmers to encourage global best practice. The capacity building workshop was organized for cotton farmers in cotton producing geo-political zones of the country.

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