Sentences with phrase «on cotton production»

Though this is a town that once thrived on cotton production, businesses in the manufacturing, retail trade, and healthcare industries are most abundant in the small city of Aberdeen, Mississippi.

But water shortages and drought are having an impact on cotton production, causing price fluctuations and even a shortage in denim.

The paper, «Simulated Effects of Winter Wheat Cover Crops on Cotton Production Systems of the Texas Rolling Plains,» is part of the «Crop Modeling and Decision Support for Optimizing Use of Limited Water» collection by the Natural Resources and Environmental Systems Community of ASABE at http://bit.ly/2izRZBY.

Not exact matches

Duties on imports and exports of cotton T - shirts still exist between many countries, and by strategically locating its production facilities in certain jurisdictions, Gildan has been able to ensure that it can ship duty - free anywhere into North America, the EU countries and Australia.

During production, a cellulose and cotton fiber mixture is kneaded with salt and passed on a conveyor.

The main difference between conventional and organic cotton production is that conventional cotton is produced with small amounts of mineral fertilizers and chemical pesticides while organic farmers rely on crop rotations and natural pest control.

The carrier is comprised of a cotton mix that has been safety tested, and pediatricians were consulted on the design and production of the product, putting safety and comfort at the forefront of its development.

Egyptian cotton is used in the production of these soft, cuddly, organic fruits and veggies that babies love to cuddle and chew on.

This industrialisation, he indicated, would go hand - in - hand with improving the productivity of agriculture, spurred on by the production and marketing of additional cash crops such as cotton, coffee, oil palm, cashew and maize, which will boost export earnings for the country.

He said the team's future efforts will focus on better quantifying the soil and water conservation effects of cover crops for the region by identifying ideal cover crop termination dates and assessing the effects of cover crops on carbon and nitrogen balances in cotton production systems.

His career work has focused on engineering research related to ginning and production of cotton, most recently measuring cotton fiber quality and contamination, and applying unmanned aerial vehicles as remote - sensing platforms for the production of cotton and other crops.

Everyones getting pretty clued up on sweat shops and unethical garment factories now, but the dying / cotton production / leather treating for fast fashion brands is just as devestating as the factories where the items are sewn.

Cotton production uses 25 % of the world's pesticides on just 3 % of the world's farmland and China's famed Pearl River in the township of Xintang runs black from denim and textile factory waste.

While the fact that Fairtrade is conducting its own study on its own certification methods is likely to be questioned, it's undeniable that current cotton production is a mess, and this is something that we need to talk about a whole lot more than we do.

By Melody Meyer, Vice President of Policy and Industry Relations, United Natural Foods Incorporated (UNFI) Did you know that every conventional cotton product we use has an effect on what we eat and that the by - products of conventional cotton production... Continued