cotton in africa: an analysis of differences in performance discussion paper

the paper focuses on cotton, a key export crop, which is grown in 30 out of the 44 african countries. the world demand for cotton grew at 1.2 per annum from 1961 to 1986, but africa's demand for cotton grew faster than for most other commodities that it exports, with the exception of palm oil. in the managing agricultural development in a..

political economy of agricultural pricing policy: trade, exchange rate, and agricultural pricing policies in colombia. world bank comparative study

the monograph examines the impact of direct and indirect government intervention in colombia's coffee, cotton, rice, and wheat markets between 1960 and 1983 and compares it with the situation that would have prevailed in the absence of intervention. the effects of intervention on prices, production, consumption, net foreign exchange earni..

export crop competitiveness: strategies for sub-saharan africa technical rept. (final)

the cash crops of sub-saharan africa can be competitive in world markets with sufficient attention to policy reform and marketing principles. country specific strategies must pay attention to international market prospects, national policies, and production and marketing costs. these are findings of the african cash crop competitiveness s..

endotoxins in bulk cottons and airborne dusts. erc, inc. final rept

endotoxin contamination in airborne vertically elutriated (ve) and total cotton dust was investigated in yarn preparation areas two cotton textile mills in shanghai, china. the two cotton textile mills had been studied 5 years earlier. dusts from all areas of the textile mills contained endotoxins. endotoxin burdens in ve dusts from the c..

reduction of free formaldehyde content in carbamate-finished fabrics. patent application

the invention is based on the discovery that the formaldehyde content of carbamate finishing solutions and unwashed cellulosic products created therefrom may be lowered substantially below that previously achieved in the art. this is accomplished by applicants' discovery of a method by which three previously known but independent formalde..

econometric model of the world cotton and non-cellulosic fibers markets. world bank staff commodity working paper

the main purpose of the study was to specify and estimate an econometric model of the world fiber market, with emphasis on the cotton sector, and following testing and validation of the model, to forecast prices, production and consumption for the major world fiber market participants. in addition to forecasting, the model is used to esti..

trade, exchange rate, and agricultural pricing policies in pakistan world bank comparative studies

over the last three decades, government intervention had negative effects on the producer prices (and hence, the output and export earnings) of wheat, rice, and cotton in pakistan. these outcomes were the result of a strategy designed to keep domestic food prices low and to build up the country's industrial sector by protecting it from ov..

use of unconventional fibres for the manufacture of fabrics, sitra coimbatore, india. technical report: second mission

the report concerns the use of unconventional natural fibers for the manufacture of textiles in india. it covers: (1) fiber extraction and processing: raw material, decortication, retting, and chemical extraction; (2) spinning of cotton, jute and coconut fibers (coir) system; (3) weaving and knitting; (4) dyeing; (5) end products; (6) unc..

nonoccupational pesticide exposure study (nopes). ntis tech note

this citation summarizes a one-page announcement of technology available for utilization. in 1984, congress appropriated fy85 monies to the u.s. environmental protection agency (epa) to assess the level of pesticide exposure experienced by the general population nonoccupational pesticide exposure study (nopes) was designed to provide init..

ozone measurements with the us epa uv-dial: preliminary results

a compact airborne down-looking lidar system was developed at the environmental protection agency in las vegas. this differential absorption lidar (dial) was designed to simultaneously measure range-resolved concentrations of ozone (o3) and sulfur dioxide (so2) in the lower troposphere, together with an indication of the aerosol distribut..