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08/10/23 03:22 AM IST

World Cotton Day

In News
  • The Ministry of Textiles marked World Cotton Day 2023 by hosting a conference centered on the theme of "Enhancing Quality & Productivity of Indian Cotton through Policy, Innovation, & Technology Upgradation."
  • India is the world's leading producer of cotton.
World Cotton Day
  • Every year, World Cotton Day is celebrated on October 7.
  • This year, the special day will be celebrated on Saturday.
  • Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali – four main cotton producers in sub-Saharan Africa proposed World Cotton Day to be celebrated in 2012.
  • The proposal was made to the World Trade Organisation.
  • In 2019, World Trade Organisation hosted the first World Cotton Day celebrations as an initiative after the proposal of Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali.
  • The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) were also part of the celebrations.
Significance
  • Theme- Making cotton fair and sustainable for all: from farm to fashion, the United Nations wants to raise visibility of the cotton sector and awareness of the critical role that it plays in economic development, international trade and poverty alleviation.
  • The observance also aims to highlight the importance of sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
  • On this day, organisations come together to raise awareness about the importance of cotton, development of the cotton sector and how it plays a significant role in economic development.
Cotton
  • Cotton is grown in tropical & subtropical conditions. a minimum temperature of 15 degree C is required for better germination at field conditions.
  • The optimum temperature for vegetative growth is 21-27 degree C & it can tolerate temperature to the extent of 43 degree C but temperature below 21 degree C is detrimental to the crop.
  • Warm days of Cool nights with large diurnal variations during the period of fruiting are conducive to good boll & fibre development.
  • Cotton is grown on a variety of soils ranging from well drained deep alluvial soils in the north to black clayey soils of varying depth in the central region and in black and mixed black and red soils in the south zone.
  • Cotton is semi-tolerant to salinity and sensitive to water logging and thus prefers well drained soils.
Source- PIB

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