The objective is to increase the value addition from sustainable cotton production in India by focusing on sustainable cotton, and strengthening of downstream processing
As part of the Indo German Development cooperation framework, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has collaborated with the Ministry of Textiles (MoT) supported by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoAFW). An MoU was signed between Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India on Implementation Agreement of Indo German Technical Cooperation Project on ‘Sustainability and Value Added in the Cotton Economy’ in New Delhi.
The objective of the project is `to increase the value addition from sustainable cotton production in India by focusing on sustainable cotton, and strengthening of downstream processing’. It is focussing on four majorly cotton-producing states- Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and will work closely with them and the related agencies.
The MoU was signed by Sanjay Sharan, Joint Secretary on behalf of the Ministry of Textiles and Mohd -El-Khawab, Programme Coordinator GIZ India and Dr Rossitza Krueger, Programme Head, Sustainable Cotton Project, GIZ, in the presence of Minister of State for Textiles, Darshna Vikram Jardosh, who presided over the event and UP Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles.
