This study on farmers’ training in environment friendly production practices for cotton crop was conducted in the … efficiency at cotton farms in the study area. Results show better cotton yield and reduction in cost of pesticides and fertilizer …

World cotton prices have been declining in the past decade and farmers in West and Central Africa have been especially … newly available household surveys have permitted the estimation of measures of poverty among cotton producers in West and …

This paper attempts to examine the factors affecting cotton production in Multan region using primary source of data. A … cultivation, seed and sowing, irrigation, fertilizer, plant protection, inter-culturing / hoeing and labour cost on cotton yield … scarce inputs by both public and private sectors as these inputs were major requirement of the cotton crop. …

of textile exports to the EU and to the US, is significant. West African cotton-producing countries are very dependant on … cotton earnings for their GDP and over the last years, most of the growth of their cotton exports’ revenues has resulted from … increasing exports to China. The results of a model of Chinese and West African cotton exchanges suggests that Chinese imports of …

This paper examined the data of cotton pruduction during 1980—2002 in Çukurova region. In this study, a supply model … was constructed for cotton 2002 in Çukurova region. According to the estimation of the supply model, elasticities of … cotton, corn (cross elasticity), irrigation and motorin were calculated 0,56, -0,49, -0,30 and -0,90 respectively. It was …

The Kalman Filter is used to estimate a structural time-series model of cotton supply for 30 countries and 16 …

Models developed to investigate the impact of cotton subsidies have found that US support, by virtue of its absolute … magnitude, is particularly damaging and responsible for most of the reduction in cotton-earning potential in developing … to have less impact on developing countries. Our results, through a careful examination of the nature of the cotton …

This article describes an expert system, COT-XPERT, developed for controlling pests and diseases affecting cotton crop … and dispersal pattern, etc. The second part is an expert system for the management of cotton pests which diagnoses the …

• Available evidence strongly suggests that cotton producers in West Africa are relatively unresponsive to changes in … reduction or abolition of cotton subsidies in rich countries. • To increase price responsiveness and ensure that the results of … cotton marketing structures. • While most West African countries have already taken important steps in that direction, much …