Cotton Made in Africa (CmiA) has launched a program in Tanzania to monitor cotton fields using satellite-supported remote sensing. It follows India, which launched a similar program in the spring.

Stridde says: “Both Cotton made in Africa and The Good Cashmere Standard were founded with the aim of harnessing market forces in order to be part of the solution to challenges in sustainable cotton ...

“With Cotton made in Africa, textile companies get more than just cotton. They show that sustainability and profitability go very well hand in hand,” says Tina Stridde, managing director of CmiA. “At ...

30.10.2024 – 13:29 Aid by Trade Foundation PR AbTF: Cotton made in Africa Supports the Development of West African Textile Production in Benin ...

Bestseller revealed that Only has sourced nearly 3,400 tonnes of African organic cotton this year through a direct-to-farm model, verified by Cotton made in Africa (CmiA), a global standard for ...

/PRNewswire/ - Anvil Knitwear, a leading apparel brand, has become the first US-based apparel manufacturer to join the Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) initiative. The CmiA initiative is a public-private ...

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Hamburg, 2024-10-07. Around 25 million people worldwide are employed in the production of cotton, including four million in Africa South of the Sahara alone.

Close to 10 percent of the world’s cotton comes from Africa. Most of this cotton is then however taken to Asia for further manufacturing. Could Africa's textile industry make a comeback?

The Cotton made in Africa initiative (CmiA) was established by the Aid by Trade Foundation in 2005 and currently accounts for 30% of certified cotton production in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2016, firms ...

Trump Administration confirms US withdrawal from Paris Agreement That’s according to the Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) initiative’s Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), which has revealed that CmiA cotton ...

The cotton industry in Africa is definitely in danger of shrinking and even disappearing in the long run. Among the major threats to this industry are: Western subsidies for their own cotton ...