Cotton

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. Under natural conditions, the cotton bolls will increase the dispersal of the seeds. The plant is a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, Africa, Egypt and India. The greatest diversity of wild cotton species is found in Mexico, followed by Australia and Africa. Cotton was independently domesticated in the Old and New Worlds. The fiber is …

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WHO: World Health Organization · 15 November 2024 English

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spatula) and neck splint (suction tubes wrapped with cotton and gauze). - Scar management Compression therapy


ORF: Observer Research Foundation · 14 November 2024 English

Introduction Trade has played a crucial role in China’s growth, particularly since its economic reforms beginning in the late 1970s. Over the subsequent three decades, China transformed from a closed, …

2021.24 Products such as green tea, woollen and cotton fabrics, and machinery are excluded from the tariff


IADB: Inter-American Development Bank · 14 November 2024 English

El Monitor de Comercio e Integración 2024 analiza la evolución de América Latina y el Caribe en el nuevo contexto global, comparando la región con el resto del mundo y …

iron ore, and agroindustrial products (sugar, cotton, and coffee) (Box 3). Oil and cacao explained the


World Bank Group · 14 November 2024 English

system with an area of ​205 hectares for SRI of Cotton Breeding, S eed Production and Agro-tec hnologies Procureme nt of agriculture machinery f or SRI of Cotton Breeding, Se ed Production and Agro-tech nologies Procureme nt of laboratory equipment fo r SRI of Cotton Breeding, See d Production and Agro-techn ologies equipment for Scientific Research Institute of Cotton Breeding, Seed Production a nd Agro-technologies of laboratory equipmet an d reagents for SRI of Cotton Breeding, Seed Production a nd Agro-Technologies


Institut Veblen · 14 November 2024 English

These measures will ensure the the adoption of a regulation on the mitiga- reciprocity of standards in the European mar- tion of the imported environmental and ket, encouraging a shift …

ability of the transformations implemented by cotton…). European farmers to initiate the shift towards high-risk agricultural products (including corn, cotton and bio- diesel), which is not the case today.


World Bank Group · 13 November 2024 English

oil containment kit (blackline & saw dust/cotton wool), and the mini-camp should have waste


World Bank Group · 12 November 2024 English

This Evaluation Insight Note (EIN) aims to contribute to the World Bank’s goal of encouraging the use of data, digital technology, and innovation towards transforming agri-food systems in client countries. …

promoting standard seed technologies for cocoa and cotton, although the potential to promote other technologies


World Bank Group · 11 November 2024 English

yringes, Surgical Gloves, Um bilical Cord, IV sets, Cotton, g auze etc) IDA / 65480 Health services quality


ADB: Asian Development Bank · 10 November 2024 English

The Precision Agriculture for Resilient Commercial Horticulture Sector Project will promote horticulture commercialization by (i) catalyzing the formation of producer groups and (ii) strengthening vertical market linkages between producer groups …

agricultural clusters have primarily focused on the cotton and wheat subsectors, yielding mixed outcomes.


UNODC: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime · 9 November 2024 English

Relevant UNODC staff based in Promoting national ownership through HQ and in the region contributed to this support for the development and process and provided their inputs and implementation of …

precursors. It is common for goods (e.g. carpets, cotton, clothes) to be impregnated with liquid drugs or


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