In the 1980s, cotton production in sub - Saharan Africa expanded significantly. Annual production growth averaged 4.7 percent between 1980 and 1990, compared with only 1.2 percent for 1964-79. At the same...
The main purpose of this study was to specify and estimate an econometric model of the world fiber market, with emphasis on the cotton production and consumption for the major world fiber market participants...
Surveys were used to quantify the substantial structural changes that have occurred in the major world jute markets since the late 1960s and to identify constraints to further growth in jute consumption...
Prospects for the world jute industry to the mid 1990's are analyzed to identify trends likely to follow the confusion in the jute market originating from the 1984/85 fibre supply crisis. Jute fibre is...
The world cotton market is analyzed in order to project future levels of cotton demand, supply, and prices. The growth in cotton consumption is constrained by competition with manmade fibers. Competition...