African cotton sector boosts knowledge
16/04/2024
They will discuss how the latest discoveries can be combined with traditional knowledge and applied to soil cultivation.
The event will also have a practical component, with participants joining around 40 representatives from the cotton industry to practise implementing measures for sustainable agriculture and soil carbon sequestration and to discuss organic cultivation methods.
Alexandra Perschau, head of standards and outreach at the Aid by Trade Foundation, said: “Climate change and its effects threaten the livelihoods of small-scale farmers at a fundamental level through crop failures, hunger and the loss of biodiversity. We can push back by combining traditional knowledge with scientific discoveries and the latest technology to find innovative solutions for the agricultural problems of today.”
Belinda Edmonds, managing director of the African Cotton Foundation, added: “Our workshop shows that with a holistic approach, where scientific expertise meets the real challenges of cotton farmers and stakeholders, we can bridge the gap between theory and practical implementation.”
AbTF maintains Cotton made in Africa (CmiA), Cotton made in Africa Organic (CmiA Organic), Regenerative Cotton Standard (RCS), and The Good Cashmere Standard (GCS).
Image: Landscape in Kasese, Tanzania, credit: Papa Shabani for CmiA
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