Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Dar urges concrete measures to revive Cotton sector

Cotton sector

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar underscored the importance of implementing coordinated and practical measures to revive cotton’s pivotal role in the national economy and enhance profitability for farmers. He made these remarks while presiding over the third meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Essential Cash Crops. The committee held … Read more

Sanctions put squeeze on Mali’s lucrative cotton sector

cotton

NOUMOUTENE, Mali: Malian cotton farmers are set to produce a bumper crop this year, but Mahamadou Konate is worried, belying the smile he wears as he paces through his field. Economic and diplomatic sanctions recently imposed on the poor, conflict-torn Sahel state threaten one of its few economic motors: the cotton sector. Mali has traditionally … Read more