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Cotton-textile-apparel sectors of India: situations and challenges faced [1]

Cotton, textiles, and apparel are critical agricultural and industrial sectors in India. This study provides descriptions of these sectors and examines the key developments emerging domestically and internationally that affect the challenges and opportunities the sectors face. More than four million farm households produce cotton in India, and about one-quarter of output is produced by marginal and small farms. Although production has expanded

Publication Date: 
01/09/2008
Jatinder S. Bedi [2], Caesar B. Cororaton [3]
International Food Policy Research Institute [4]
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Cotton [5], Textile Industry [6], Subsidies [7], India [8], Global [9], Rural Poverty [10]
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