. Next, we analyze countrylevel, historical contexts where export crops, such as coffee and cotton, have been implicated in …

This paper explores gender differences in cotton cultivation and looks into the perceptions and experiences of women … to listen to women and men farmers' perceptions and insights. The project was conducted in the main cotton …

, the farming of maize in East and Southern Africa, cassava across the middle belt of Africa, cotton in West Africa …

"Cotton, textiles, and apparel are critical agricultural and industrial sectors in India. This study provides … challenges and opportunities the sectors face. More than four million farm households produce cotton in India, and about one … of Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) cotton—domestic prices dropped sharply in the late 1990s, in parallel to world cotton …

"Cotton, textiles, and apparel are critical agricultural and industrial sectors in Pakistan. This study provides … the poverty line, grow cotton. Export controls and taxes kept cotton prices below international levels until the mid-1990s … greater role for the private sector. Pakistani farmers have not formally adopted genetically modified Bt cotton but there is …

production and farmers' income, Bt cotton, genetically-modified, insect-resistant cotton, remains highly controversial in India … suicides in India in the last five years. Second, we find that Bt cotton technology has been very effective overall in India … link between technological choices and farmer suicides in India. Although officially recognized for having increased …

Among the four largest cotton-producing countries, only Pakistan had not commercially adopted Bt cotton by 2010 …. However, the cultivation of first-generation (Cry1Ac) Bt cotton, unapproved and unregulated, increased rapidly after 2005 … 206 growers in 16 villages in two cotton-growing districts, Baha-walpur and Mirpur Khas. The results indicate a positive …