There is a "glaring lack of transparency" regarding the names and quantities of chemical inputs in all countries except the United States, according to The Organic Center and others.

Even as climate and committed farmers help AZ rank high for cotton, organic markets, seed production and tech innovation could be the crop's future.

From insect larvae that keep munching on pesticide-laden cotton in the U.S. to head lice that won't wash out of children's hair, pests are slowly developing genetic shields that enable them to ...

The drift-prone pesticide has damaged millions of acres of crops and wild plants every year since the Environmental Protection Agency first approved it in 2017 for spraying on cotton and soybean crops ...

AGM 2025 focuses on Bt cotton, Narasimha variety, reducing imports, and improving cotton quality to meet international ...

I vomited." In all three countries, children may participate in applying pesticides to crops. In Egypt, children sometimes operate motorized pumps that saturate cotton plants with pesticides.

The sharp decline in cotton production is attributed to both falling crop yields and a shrinking cultivated area. Over the past decade (FY15 to FY25), yields have dropped from 802kg to 475kg per ...

The next census is due in 2025. According to the 2021 results, roughly 42 million pounds of chemical pesticides were applied ...

In the 1970s, cotton farming accounted for 25% of the pesticide use in the U.S., and Arizona growers would apply pesticides about eight times in a single season. Today, the average pesticide use ...