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Detailed explanation-1: -October 7 is celebrated each year as World Cotton Day. Year 2022 marks the third-anniversary celebration of the international event. Below, we look at the theme of this year’s celebration, its history and its significance. Cotton fibre and cottonseed are two of the most heavily used plant products globally.

Detailed explanation-2: -World Cotton Day: History The first World Cotton Day was proposed by the World Trade Organization on October 7, 2019, by the Cotton Four, four sub-Saharan African cotton producers Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Mali, collectively known as the Cotton Four (WTO).

Detailed explanation-3: -Weaving a better future for cotton.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cotton is a global commodity grown in over 75 countries across five continents and traded worldwide. World Cotton Day - on 7 October - is an opportunity to highlight its role in creating jobs and maintaining economic stability in least-developed countries (LDCs).

Detailed explanation-5: -The World Cotton day is celebrated on 7 October as a global celebration of cotton and its stakeholders, from field to fabric and beyond. At the initiative of the Cotton-4 (Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali), the World Trade Organisation made the launch of World Cotton Day on 7 October 2019.