Sustainable cotton initiative Better Cotton is being funded by the African Export-Import Bank to scale sustainable cotton production in West and Central Africa.
Cotton is one of the world’s largest crops and is harvested with large, heavy machines. Robotic harvesting could yield higher-quality cotton with less damage to plants and soil.
Kenyan governors from 24 counties are speaking out on behalf of the domestic textile industry as the government looks to implement a duty-free import scheme.