Cotton consumes 16 percent of all the insecticides and 7 percent of all herbicides used globally, and requires large amounts of water for irrigation.
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Cotton consumes 16 percent of all the insecticides and 7 percent of all herbicides used globally, and requires large amounts of water for irrigation.