Despite several government programmes, cotton cultivation is riddled with problems

It is not just cotton. Most other crops have also failed in Telangana. The standing chilli crop in Warangal district has been affected by fruit rot, while the early flowering of the rabi paddy

whereby farmers are led into dangerous territories

Various committees appointed by the Union and state governments have visited pest-affected areas in Andhra Pradesh in the past to assess the damage to the crops. However, precious little has

After the failure of the cotton crop, a large numbers of farmers in Andhra Pradesh are committing suicide by consuming the very pesticide that is the root of their woe

The drought that hit Argentina's 1996-97 cotton crop earlier this year, has stripped the country of an output of as much as 100,000 tonnes (t) of lint, said a leading Argentine cotton exporter.

Agracetus, a company in Middle

GENETICS could come to the rescue of cotton farmers in Australia. A genetically engineered pesticide will be introduced in the country to battle the pests which have devastated cotton crops. The

Genetic engineers at Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, have developed a new variety of cotton which is capable of destroying its insect pests. A gene from

High cotton prices in the US is proiNG beneficial for the Pakistani cotton growers as their cheaper cotton finds favour in Asian trade circles. with sizable amount earmarked for exports,

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