Projects archive
Find out more about the international development projects funded by TRAID since 1999. These projects have now ended.
Securing Benin’s organic cotton future
Project location: Benin
Current funding: £143,168
Year / duration: 2021 / 1 Year
Partner: OBEPAB & PAN UK
Current funding: £143,168
Year / duration: 2021 / 1 Year
Partner: OBEPAB & PAN UK
This project marks the first textile related project TRAID funded back in 2009, and a long-term commitment to expanding organic cotton production in Benin which has seen us invest over one million pounds. Today, organic cotton farmers in Benin formerly growing with toxic pesticides, have transformed their lives, wealth, health and local environment, and that of their families and wider…
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Consolidating Sustainable Cotton in Ethiopia
Project location: Gamo Gofa & Welaita Zones,Southern Ethiopia
Current funding: £96,500
Year / duration: 2021 / 1 Year
Partner: PAN Ethiopia and PAN UK
Current funding: £96,500
Year / duration: 2021 / 1 Year
Partner: PAN Ethiopia and PAN UK
TRAID has supported PAN Ethiopia and PAN UK since 2012 to reduce and end Ethiopian cotton farmer's dependency on hazardous pesticides. To date we have committed £586,921 - over half a million pounds - to empower Ethiopian cotton farming communities formerly using expensive dangerous chemicals, to manage crops naturally. Today, over 2,000 farmers have significantly improved their yields, health, wealth…
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Reimagining Bangladesh’s Fabric Waste
Of the fabric used in Bangladesh’s garments sector, about a quarter is wasted, according to Reverse Resources (2017). This represents a staggering 350,000 tonnes of cloth which potentially ends up being dumped or burnt. However, a ‘backyard garment sector’ has emerged in Saidpur, a rural region in the north west of Bangladesh. Here, an estimated 500 small businesses have sprung…
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