Cotton: Benin is betting on sustainability | EUROtoday
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Cotton is the best-selling pure fiber on this planet, however white gold just isn’t very inexperienced: 75% of worldwide manufacturing is of genetically modified origin. It takes on common 3 kilos of chemical inputs to acquire 1 kilo of cotton and we use 2,700 liters of water to make a T-shirt. Benin, now the main African producer, is banking on a sustainable sector, from seed to shirt.
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