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Related Keywords: Alhaji Aliyu Bello-Ingawa, embrace farming, encourage cotton farming, facilitate cotton system, farmers in Nigeria, Federal government, government should mobilise farmers, major crop among all categories, Secretary Funtua Textiles Ltd, stakeholders, synergy between government, tackle cotton adulteration, view of cotton’s economic potentialities

Federal government urged to encourage cotton farming as a major crop among all categories of farmers in Nigeria. The Secretary Funtua Textiles Ltd (FTL), Alhaji Aliyu Bello-Ingawa, in Funtua on Thursday said that government should mobilise farmers to embrace the farming in view of cotton’s economic potentialities.

Related Keywords: Committee empowered by, comprises of representatives from the cotton trade, domestic and international cotton trade, exporters and Cotton Corporation of India, kilos or tonnes, major reform for the cotton trade in India, proposed a uniform unit of weight, stakeholders, Textiles Commissioner of India

A committee empowered by the Textiles Commissioner of India which comprises of 7-8 representatives from the cotton trade, stakeholders, exporters and Cotton Corporation of India (CAI) have proposed a uniform unit of weight for the domestic and international cotton trade in kilos or tonnes. This is going to be a major reform for the cotton trade in India.

Related Keywords: bring in foreign investors, buyers, Cotton Made in Africa, display potential in textile and garment sector, engaged in cotton, Ethiopia to host, Ethiopian Textile Industry Development Institute, held in Addis Ababa, International conference on African textile industry, stakeholders, support sustainability of the growth, tailoring, Textile

International conference on African textile industry to be held in Addis Ababa for three days starting from October 19, 2015, which will give an opportunity for the country to display the potential it has in the textile and garment sector and bring in foreign investors and buyers as well.

The participants at the conference will be investors engaged in cotton, textile, tailoring and stakeholders that support the sustainability of the growth of the sector, a press release issued by Ethiopian Textile Industry Development Institute stated.

Related Keywords: apparel park, closed mills, diversify jute products, feminine hygiene products, generate employment, jute sector, Minister of State for Textile, NJMC invite enrepreneurs, run jute mills, Santosh Kumar Gangwar, stakeholders, textile hub, utilize unused assets

Minister of State for Textiles, Santosh Kumar Gangwar after the review meeting held with various stakeholders of the jute sector at Kolkata yesterday, key decision has been taken to strengthen the jute sector. The Ministry for textile has taken decision to make most of the unused assets, such as land, of the three closed mills of NJMC (National Jute Manufactures Corporation Limited) for economic activities. The focus is to generate employment. Activities such as apparel park or textile hub shall be considered.

Related Keywords: African countries, CmiA initiative, competitive market, Kenya, Puma, stakeholders, Tanzania, Uganda

With the collapse in the local companies like Puma due to poor quality of imported fabrics, the Kenyan textile industry can stimulate its growth again only when the quality standards in the three African countries viz.Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya is enhanced.

The imports are due to fragile cotton value chain capacity that cannot meet demand in terms of volume, price and quantity.