Responsible consumption and production are key to sustainable development, and are therefore a Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 12) in their own right. Consumption and production patterns also need to be socially responsible and economically viable. Private-sector requirements and state supply...

This paper uses the diamond model theory as the basic research perspective to explore how the upstream and downstream industrial chains of cotton in Xinjiang can escape from the constraints of reality and how their resource endowments can be transformed into competitive advantages. This paper...

Synthetic pesticides can be detrimental to the health of humans, particularly when handled inappropriately, which is often the case in developing countries. We investigate to what extent using personal protective equipment (PPE) during pesticide application can mitigate the detrimental health...

This study examines the price transmission between cotton prices in U.S., Indian, and Chinese futures markets. We focus on studying the long-run price movements using cointegration and alternate causality tests. The empirical results indicate the following: (a) the U.S. cotton futures market...

Responsible consumption and production are key to sustainable development, and are therefore a Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 12) in their own right. Consumption and production patterns also need to be socially responsible and economically viable. Private-sector requirements and state supply...

As an emerging efficient and sustainable technology, solar-driven interfacial evaporation (SDIE) has great potential to tackle the freshwater crisis by purifying water from brine or wastewater, in which photothermal conversion materials (PCMs), play a primary and critical role. Herein, we report...

Among the numerous problems that are facing cotton farmers, climate change is one of the most important still out of their control. Adaptation appears to be one of the best alternatives. The objective of this research is to assess the impact of climate change on cotton production in the Savannah...

Cotton, a worthwhile raw material and a core of the textile manufactures, has been the most crucial resource for many centuries and still keeps its top placement. Cotton has a very ancient history in Azerbaijan as well and the first burned cotton skein and cotton seeds were found Mingachevir...

Developing an all-biomass feedstock, simple process and low-cost way to achieve cotton fabric flame retardation is of great significance in civil, military and industrial fields. Herein, making use of layer-by-layer coating of protein extracted from fishery waste fish scales and phytic acid (PA)...

The article compares the two largest raw cotton regions in Brazil between the 1750s and 1810s. Through the analysis of new series of cotton exports and parish records, we argue that the high pattern of slave ownership, together with the organization of labor and specialization in cotton, made...

Today's world has many untold truths, and unethical practices hidden behind the beautiful and glamorous clothes that people wear, especially during cotton production. Cotton can be found everywhere. It is in clothes, bed linens, towels, "furniture, tablecloths, curtains, toys such as dolls and...

Cotton is an important cash crop playing a vital role in socio-economic development of the country. The main objectives of the study was to assess the production and marketing trend of cotton by analyzing the area, production, productivity, and trade from 2010-2019. The study used a secondary...

Whitefly (Bemisia tabaci Genn.) and Pink Bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella Saund.) are two major challenges in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). Overdue use of synthetic pesticides especially pyrethroids flare up the whitefly population in cotton. The current study emphasizes the impact of...

Climate variability and extremes adversely impacts Australian cotton crop production and imposes a major constraint on farm planning, industry supply chains and resource allocation. This study reviews time-series yield and crop production methods to account for climate, as well as perform a...

Synthetic pesticides can be detrimental to the health of humans, particularly when handled inappropriately, which is often the case in developing countries. We investigate to what extent using personal protective equipment (PPE) during pesticide application can mitigate the detrimental health...

This study examines the price transmission between cotton prices in U.S., Indian, and Chinese futures markets. We focus on studying the long-run price movements using cointegration and alternate causality tests. The empirical results indicate the following: (a) the U.S. cotton futures market...

Although the benefits of genetically modified (GM) crops have been well documented, how do farmers manage the risk of new technology in the early stages of technology adoption has received less attention. We compare the total factor productivity (TFP) of cotton to other major crops (wheat, rice,...

Previous literature has discussed the procedural biases that exist in U.S. Department of Commerce (USDOC) dumping margin calculations. This paper examines the evolution of discretionary practices and their role in the rapid increase in average USDOC dumping margins since 1980. Statistical...

Our work aims at understanding the role played by the innovative supply chain strategy put in place by Boeing in the numerous problems encountered by its 787 Dreamliner program. We will first describe and explain the major changes that were introduced in the aircraft's supply chain, more...

This study examines the market and price behavior is the supreme problem of commodity investors and trader. The present study spotlights the price behavior/movement and market behavior/volatile in Indian agricultural commodity market (MCX). The study aims to study the volatility and caused...

Declining cotton production in Nigeria is challenged by climatic suitability and price volatility despite its importance as a cash crop and domestic use. This study assesses the challenges in the cotton industry through understanding the production process and the possible profitability. Using a...

The United States produced about 80 percent of the world's cotton in the decades prior to the Civil War. How much monopoly power did the United States possess in the world cotton market and what would have been the effect of an optimal export tax? This paper estimates the elasticity of foreign...

The COVID-19 sickness, brought about by the contamination of SARS COV-2, was first revealed in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Present day internationally associated world made the infection to immediately spread across various nations. In India, the main case was accounted for on January 31,...

This study examines the price transmission between cotton prices in U.S., Indian, and Chinese futures markets. We focus on studying the long-run price movements using cointegration and alternate causality tests. The empirical results indicate the following: (a) the U.S. cotton futures market...

What would a "good" industrial policy in the realm of cotton production look like? This article seeks to address this question through a focus on reforms to the cotton sector in Kazakhstan. In contrast with neighbouring Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, administrators in Kazakhstan had widely freed...