The issue had rocked the state during the past few weeks amid news reports that a huge number of sheep, goat and cattle perished in Andhra Pradesh after eating Bt Cotton leaves.
India is all set to overtake the United States as the largest cotton exporter to China, the world's top cotton consumer and importer.
Displacing fears of a reduced cotton harvest in Punjab, officials say the state is set to achieve its target of 26.90 lakh bales this fiscal year.
The performance of Indian cotton exports to China is better than the United States, according to a latest report of the United States Department of Agriculture.
Global cotton prices may be hit by a record production in China this year.
Paras Jain, who exports textiles to US retail chains like Linens-N-Things and Laura Ashley, is one of the many exporters planning to grow organic cotton as the growing 'green conscience' in the west leads to a rise in the demand for the product.
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Increased use of genetically modified (GM) seeds is all set to boost the cotton output in India by almost 7 per cent in the year starting October.
Not all state governments have been kind to the global seed giant Monsanto. And cotton farmers have been less than grateful for the genetically modified technology that is said to have changed their fortunes dramatically.
On the contrary, cotton exports are eligible for claiming one per cent duty drawback.
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Amidst strained ties with China, the pre-budget Economic Survey on Monday made a strong case for seeking foreign direct investments (FDI) from Beijing to boost local manufacturing and tap the export market. As the US and Europe are shifting their immediate sourcing away from China, it is more effective to have Chinese companies invest in India and then export the products to these markets rather than importing from the neighbouring country, the Survey said.
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The Bt cotton variety Bollgard-I, which is the most widely used variety in India, has been phased out in many countries.
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JK Cotton of Kanpur has roped in two strategic investors in the company -- Yes Bank and Ayodhya Finlease Ltd. This is likely to pave the way for resuming production after about 19 years.
The team took cotton T-shirts and cut them into thin strips and dipped those white cotton strips into a black solution of boron.
Pulses are most vulnerable to pests and diseases if the monsoon remains patchy for the rest of the season.
The Centre recently released the first advance estimates of kharif crops that, barring tur dal, showed a dip in production due to uneven monsoon and other natural calamities including pest attacks in cotton. The first Advance Estimates, released a few weeks back, are usually initial projections on the crop size and, more often than not, are revised as more inputs come from the fields. But, the findings have rung alarm bells in several quarters. The Centre, along with many others, is confident that as more details come, the estimates will be revised upwards.
Last year, the state was flooded with spurious Bt cotton seeds and the farmers and original manufacturing companies had suffered major losses.
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The agreement once signed can be worth over $359 million per year, according to international cotton prices that fell to $500.4 per candy (355 kilograms) as of May 11, 2012.
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India's manufacturing sector growth climbed to a 16-year high in March on the back of the strongest increase in output and new orders since October 2020, amid reports of buoyant demand conditions, a monthly survey said on Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) surged to a 16-year high of 59.1 in March, from 56.9 in February, reflecting stronger growth of new orders, output and input stocks as well as renewed job creation. In Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) parlance, a print above 50 means expansion while a score below 50 denotes contraction.
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He requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make an announcement that the farm loans would be waived, while a mechanism for the same could be worked out later.
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