Thirty varieties of cotton have been found growing spontaneously in Africa A mis sionary says he has stood erect under the branches ot a cotton tree in a Goulah village1 so heavily laden with ...

Mali, Africa’s biggest cotton producer, plans to invest in clean energy and tackle issues like child labor and soil health to make its output more competitive in the European market. More than ...

Trio of organisations launch initiative to generate carbon credits from African cotton farming; US EPA takes wrecking ball to environmental regulation; CERAWeek: Glo ...

To feed “King Cotton,” more than a million African Americans were carried off into the Deep South. That’s two and a half times the number that were brought to the United States from Africa.

Azonnoudo and other farmers in the West African country have benefited from a recent uptick in demand for cotton, with the government seeking to launch a "Made in Benin" clothing industry.

However, most African cotton is exported unprocessed, and the continent currently accounts for less than two percent of global spinning, weaving and knitting capacity, making it a net importer of ...

Progress has different meanings for different people. And for people of African descent, the cotton gin was not progress. It was a further entrenchment of enslavement. And for African Americans ...

Cotton farmers earn significantly less than those growing other crops. Cotton is priced between Shs1,500 and Shs1,800 per kilogramme, while coffee can fetch around Shs15,000 per kilogramme. A ...