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Business Daily: High cotton prices

15/11/2010

High cotton prices

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The impact of high cotton prices, plus is it acceptable to eat breakfast at your desk?

The impact of high cotton prices in Africa and South Asia. Plus, is it ever acceptable to eat breakfast at your desk, or should you do it at home?

The price of raw cotton has soared by 50% in just a year. 

The higher cotton price may cause rejoicing for farmers and growers, but it has caused misery among garment manufacturers who are caught between higher raw material costs and pressure from the global fashion industry to keep the costs of production low.

Lesley Curwen spoke to Adam Nashiru, the President of the Peasant Farmers Association in Ghana and to Annisul Huq, the President of the South Asia Chambers of Commerce who runs two garment factories in Bangladesh. 

Plus, are you a cereal offender in the office? Lucy Kellaway of the Financial Times condemns people who eat breakfast at their desks; she reckons there should be barriers between what we do at home and what we do at work.

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