# Cotton Seed Processors Want Tech Upgradation Package - Textile & Apparel Newspaper / Magazine

> India's roughly 1,000 cottonseed processors are asking the central government for a special technology upgrade package. Only about 5% of cottonseed is scientifically processed, which leads to oil and by-product losses, and the industry wants incentives on both supply and demand sides.

- Date: 2016-11-13 · published 2016-11-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73967-cotton-seed-processors-want-tech-upgradation-package-textile-and-apparel
- Commodities: [Cottonseed Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CSM.md)

## Why it matters

Better processing could raise cottonseed meal and oil output over time, but this is a funding request with no immediate effect on prices.

## Sources

- news.textileexcellence.com: https://news.textileexcellence.com/cotton-seed-processors-want-tech-upgradation-package

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