Africa: Can Ethiopia Weave Africa's Complete Cotton-to-Clothing Value Chain?
As Africa seeks to capture more value from its natural resources, Ethiopia is building one of the continent's most ambitious cotton-to-clothing value chains. By linking farmers, researchers and manufacturers, the country is demonstrating how cotton can drive industrialisation, create jobs and strengthen regional trade. GEWANE, Afar Region, Ethiopia - As the first rays of sunlight spread across the vast plains of Ethiopia's Afar Region, Yossef Tewelde walks slowly between rows of cotton plants heavy with white bolls ready for harvest.
- ▪As Africa seeks to capture more value from its natural resources, Ethiopia is building one of the continent's most ambitious cotton-to-clothing value chains.
- ▪By linking farmers, researchers and manufacturers, the country is demonstrating how cotton can drive industrialisation, create jobs and strengthen regional trade.
- ▪GEWANE, Afar Region, Ethiopia - As the first rays of sunlight spread across the vast plains of Ethiopia's Afar Region, Yossef Tewelde walks slowly between rows of cotton plants heavy with white bolls ready for harvest.
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As Africa seeks to capture more value from its natural resources, Ethiopia is building one of the continent's most ambitious cotton-to-clothing value chains. By linking farmers, researchers and manufacturers, the country is demonstrating how cotton can drive industrialisation, create jobs and strengthen regional trade. GEWANE, Afar Region, Ethiopia - As the first rays of sunlight spread across the vast plains of Ethiopia's Afar Region, Yossef Tewelde walks slowly between rows of cotton plants heavy with white bolls ready for harvest. The morning air is already warming, and irrigation canals glisten beside the fields that have sustained his family for years. For Yossef, cotton is more than another crop.
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