CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -On this second official UN World Cotton Day, the United Nations wants to raise visibility of the cotton sector and awareness of the critical role that it plays in economic development, international trade and poverty alleviation.

Detailed explanation-2: -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: -As per the posters released by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN, the World Cotton Day theme 2022 is ‘Weaving a better future for Cotton’.

Detailed explanation-4: -These discussions have been developed over the years as a response to a series of proposals to address the sector tabled by four African countries - Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali, subsequently joined by Cote d’Ivoire - known as the Cotton Four or C4.