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Better Cotton partners with WTO, FIFA
02 May 2024 17:59 GMT
… understand smallholder cotton farmer operations and … production and processing in key countries in West and Central Africa.
Better Cotton … Vice President, Intra-African Trade Bank, … cotton value chain, enabling them to extract maximum value from their produce …
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Cameroon secures nearly CFA500bn credit line from ITFC
02 May 2024 13:16 GMT
… such as cotton, provision of agricultural inputs and basic energy products (oil, … such as the Arab-Africa Trade Bridges Initiative (AATB … flows between Arab and African countries.
Compared to the … Indeed, in April 2021, Cameroon and ITFC signed a cooperation …
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Better Cotton to scale sustainable cotton in West, Central Africa
30 Apr 2024 11:58 GMT
… develop raw material production in West and Central Africa.
Better Cotton plans to conduct … better support smallholder cotton farmer needs.
Funded by the African Export-Import Bank … cotton value chain, enabling them to extract maximum value from their produce …
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Better Cotton audits farms it previously certified following deforestation investigation
01 May 2024 21:06 GMT
… The audit, conducted by agriculture inspection firm Peterson in … impact and the farms that produce the certified cotton, “and … approved by Better Cotton — to products sold by H… Central Africa “to enhance its understanding of the needs of smallholder farmers …
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Better Cotton to Scale Sustainable Cotton Production in Africa
01 May 2024 01:41 GMT
… material production and improve economic returns in West and Central Africa.
The cotton … cotton farmers and farm workers.
“Africa is a vibrant and exciting region for cotton production … , executive vice president, Intra-African Trade Bank, Afreximbank.
In …
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Better Cotton, in collaboration with Afreximbank, joins WTO efforts to scale sustainable cotton production in Africa
30 Apr 2024 17:16 GMT
… cotton-to-textile value chain in West and Central Africa … Cotton, commented: “Africa is a vibrant and exciting region for cotton production … of our mission are cotton farmers, workers and the … Executive Vice President, Intra-African Trade Bank, Afreximbank, said …
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Better Cotton backs WTO-FIFA project in Africa
30 Apr 2024 14:54 GMT
GENEVA – The Better Cotton initiative is supporting efforts by … to boost sustainable cotton production in West and Central Africa.
Better Cotton says it will … it can intervene to benefit cotton farmers and strengthen supply chains in …
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Tackling Africa’s most neglected infrastructure problem
29 Apr 2024 03:14 GMT
… agricultural experts states that only 6% of cultivated land is irrigated in Africa … cotton plantations.
Yet given that the overwhelming majority of agricultural … he adds.
Many African farming operations that do … still produce the “same crop or more crop at …
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Great empires, sex and power: The history of Africa we never hear about
27 Apr 2024 07:09 GMT
… Jada Pinkett Smith did produce a docuseries, African Queen, about warrior … back in Africa to facilitate the import of cotton rubber and … Belgians it culminated in the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
The … and people outside of Africa plus Africans in the diaspora, and …
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Africa: AfCFTA's Transformative Influence On Poverty Reduction, Continental Growth
15 Apr 2024 18:16 GMT
… Product (GDP) will also increase with improved performance in the agriculture … significantly increasing intra-African trade and improving … of Ethiopian products such as oil seeds, quality cotton thread and … . Emphasizing that being producer is not mandatory to …