Two decades ago, Damera Yakamma's husband, a cotton farmer in a southern Indian village, committed suicide by consuming ...

Climate change has disrupted weather patterns and altered temperatures. The changing weather and rising temperatures have created conditions in which pests, most notably cotton’s age-old nemesis, the ...

Sustainability happens in the supply chain, but that looks different in every country, depending on its cultural, ecological and geopolitical context. This article is part of our Made in India series, ...

India is on the brink of a potential “cotton crisis”—and no one seems to be paying attention. That’s the warning from Terry Townsend, former executive director of the International Cotton Advisory ...

A field of a genetically modified variety of cotton called Bt Cotton with inbuilt insecticide resistance, in India. Cotton's environmental impacts are well-publicized (if not well-understood), ...

Cotton farmers in India are facing one of their worst crises in decades. Once called 'white gold' because it brought prosperity to farmers, cotton has now become a burden. Yields are falling in the ...

MUMBAI, July 17 (Reuters) - Cotton prices in India are likely to rise this week on higher buying by local yarn makers and subdued rains in key growing areas, which could impact planting and trim ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Market vs. Interventionist Approach: Cotton Production in India" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering. India is the largest producer of cotton in the ...

Germany's Bayer has applied to cultivate its next generation of genetically modified (GM) cotton seeds in India, government sources said, reviving plans to bring the high-yielding, herbicide-tolerant ...