After his death, Eli Whitney was described as "one of the most distinguished men who our country as produced." ...

"And was the means of changing the whole course of industry in the southern section of the union. Previous to the invention of his cotton gin, in 1793 or 4, scarcely a pound of upland cotton was ...

The U.S. cotton industry, which depended on enslaved plantation ... Under the Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and 1850, U.S. Marshals were mandated to recover slaves who escaped and return them ...

KARACHI: Pakistan has recorded a concerning decline in cotton production by 28.50 lac bales, raising alarms within the industry. Experts attribute this shortfall to climate change, inefficient ...

ISLAMABAD: Cotton production is under multidimensional stress brought about collectively by several factors ranging from low yields to low government support, to outdated farming methods on many ...

During the preceding season of 2023-24, cotton output stood at 327.45 lakh bales, according to the CAI data. "The overall production is expected to be impacted due to lower yield. Our estimates ...

PAKISTAN’S cotton crop is on the ropes. The crop output has been falling since FY15, when the country harvested a record quantity of nearly 14m bales. In the past 10 years, its production has ...

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat govt has decided to set up dedicated state-level missions to double cotton and pulses production in the state. This decision follows the Union govt's announcement in the ...

Egypt has cultivated 2,000 acres of short-staple cotton in East Owainat as part of a project to boost domestic production and reduce reliance on imports for the textile industry. Public Enterprise ...

To aid in navigation:” the political economy of cotton in the Portuguese Empire. In 1790, British envoy Robert Walpole asked Luís Pinto de Sousa Coutinho, the Portuguese Sec ...