In the field

(Harvest Season 2021/2022)
23
cotton companies
40%
of African cotton production
is CmiA verified
900.000
smallholders
1,824,743
Total cultivated area (ha)
10
growing countries
1 kg cotton – global average: 1,563 litres

1 kg cotton – CmiA: 2 litres
715,000
total CmiA cotton harvest
(ginned, in t)
1,84
average acreage per farmer
(in ha)
943
average yield (raw cotton) of smallholders (kg/ha)
-13%
Fewer greenhouse gas emissions
than the global average

Along the textile value chain

(Harvest Season 2021/2022)
8
textile production markets
in Africa
260
spinning mills
29
cotton traders
66
CmiA trading partners
54
textile production markets worldwide
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HARIET MUHINDO
Smallholder from
Uganda

Through farmer training, Hariet Muhindo, a smallholder in Uganda, learnt how to use less pesticide in her cotton fields, easing the pressure on both the environment and her wallet. In addition, she now wears protective clothing to preserve her health. She also now knows how to build simple pest traps using widely available materials such as molasses.

Read more about her story in the interview
“Wear a Smile With…Hariet”

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BRUCE CHINYAKA
a cotton farmer
in southern Zambia

The training courses taught Bruce Chinyaka, a cotton farmer in southern Zambia, how to diversify. Besides cotton and maize, he now also grows soya and sunflowers. The boost in his income from cotton farming also allowed him to open a small grocery.

Read more about his story in the interview
“Wear a Smile With…Bruce”

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WAITA SIMEYI
also a cotton farmer
from Uganda

Waita Simeyi, also a cotton farmer from Uganda, works as an instructor in functional adult literacy for Cotton made in Africa. He teaches other smallholder farmers to read and write. Literacy helps cotton farmers keep accounting records of their agricultural activities and sales of sustainably produced cotton.

Read more about his story in the interview
“Wear a Smile With…Waita”.

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