{"id":2734,"date":"2024-06-13T23:56:19","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T23:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=2734"},"modified":"2024-06-13T23:56:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T23:56:19","slug":"world-cotton-day-is-observed-on-7-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/world-cotton-day-is-observed-on-7-october\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cotton Day Is Observed On 7 October"},"content":{"rendered":"

launched World Cotton<\/a> Day on 7 October 2019 at the Cotton-4 initiative.<\/mark><\/p>\n

World Cotton day was initiated by Cotton 4 countries Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali.<\/mark><\/p>\n

This day is aimed at celebrating many advantages of cotton as a natural fibre, how beneficial it is to people, trade and Consumption.<\/mark><\/p>\n

Cotton Sustains 28.67 million growers and benefits more than 100 million families

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The World Cotton Day theme for 2021 is Cotton for Good<\/mark><\/p>\n

India is the largest producer of cotton in the world accounting for about 26% of the world cotton production.<\/mark><\/p>\n

According to

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Climate change will also increase the number of people affected by water scarcity.<\/p>\n

As per report, in 2018, 3.6 billion people worldwide had inadequate access to water at least one month per year.<\/p>\n

This number is expected to exceed five billion by 2050.<\/p>\n

Report also notes that, this situation is worsening as only 0.5 per cent of water on the Earth is useable and available freshwater.<\/p>\n

Water-related hazards have increased in past 20 years.<\/p>\n

Flood-related disasters have increased by 134 per cent since 2000, as compared to past two decades. However, number & duration of droughts have increased by 29 per cent during the same period.<\/p>\n

In Africa, about two billion people live in water-stressed countries. They suffer a lack of access for Safe drinking water<\/a> and sanitation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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