How Textiles Can Increase Sustainable Food Production
Joelcio Carvalho
Monday, 1 March 2021
The Beyond Cotton Project is a joint initiative of the World Food Programme's Centre of Excellence Against Hunger in Brazil and the Brazilian Cooperation Agency. Hear how the project's organisers view cotton as a key tool to support food security and local development, and their strategies for empowering farmers.
In this video you'll learn:
- About the Beyond Cotton project and the work done by the project's coordinators, the World Food Programme
- The extent of the value chain of the cotton textiles sector and who it affects
- How buying natural fibres has the power to decentralise the entire textiles value chain
- How the Beyond Cotton project is empowering farmers through regenerative farming practices
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