Western demand drives Burkina Faso organic goods
February 19, 2008
Photo credit: dfrizze
TANGHIN-DASSOURI, Burkina Faso (AFP) - Burkina Faso may be one of the poorest countries on the planet but some of its people are now getting ahead thanks to rising demand in the developed world for organically grown cotton and skin-saving shea butter.
And the principal beneficiaries of this flourishing new trade are village women.
The famed US women’s wear chain Victoria’s Secret last July signed a deal for the delivery this year of 600 tonnes of organic cotton, with the first shipment sent out on December 24.
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