Kenya Rebuilds The Cotton Chain From Field To Fabric

Farmers are returning to cotton in coastal Kenya, while a new ginnery and one of the country’s few surviving integrated textile mills are rebuilding links from field to factory.

In the small coastal town of Mpeketoni in Lamu County, cotton is once again becoming a crop worth growing.

Farmers are returning to their fields, Bt cotton seed is being distributed and a new ginnery is bringing processing closer to where the crop is grown. The cotton produced here is transported to Thika Cloth Mills…