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Top 10 Cotton Producing Countries in the World

(Update: 1. July 2020) Cotton is the most important plant fibre to make textile products. Cotton is cultivated by many countries around the globe, with four main types of cotton growing commonly, which …

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For the fourth time in a row since 2017, the Discover National Fibre Initiative is once again inviting entries for its now coveted DNFI Innovation in Natural Fibres Award. The …

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Celebrating 90 Years of Wool

Conference now online (Updated: May 21th 2020) Ninety years ago in Paris, representatives from Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the UK and then Czechoslovakia created a permanent forum for …

EVENTS / Hemp

17th EIHA Hemp Conference

(Update: 11. May 2020) The EIHA Hemp Conference is the biggest event on industrial hemp worldwide. A new all-time record was set in 2019 with 415 participants from 49 countries …

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DNFI Innovation in Natural Fibres Award 2020

(Update: 28. April 2020) The Discover Natural Fibre Initiative (DNFI) was created in January 2010 as an outgrowth of the International Year of Natural Fibres 2009, which had been declared …

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40 Million Households Produce Natural Fibres

An estimated 40 million households (households vary in size from an average of 3 in China to 15 in some countries of Africa) were engaged in natural fibre production during …

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