UNIDO’s sustainable vision for Egypt’s cotton industry
21/02/2019
The Egyptian Cotton Project is part of a drive to increase product sustainability, improve working conditions along the supply chain, and support cotton growers and relevant institutions. The plan is to scale it up to a national level in the future.
It will take an approach to sustainable cotton production that covers environmental, social and economic sustainability. Farmers in Egypt will receive training and those that meet the appropriate levels of sustainable production and employee welfare will be granted the BCI standard.
A spokesperson for the project said: "The project’s vision is to pilot the BCI standard system in Egypt to advance the cotton industry in a way that cares for the environment and the farmers growing it, through a multi-stakeholder programme jointly coordinated by UNIDO, relevant governmental entities, farmers’ cooperatives, cotton and textile associations, and local and international private sector stakeholders.”
The project is funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) and will be implemented by UNIDO, together with Egypt’s Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation. Italian textile company Filmar will also support the project.
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