Sustainable Textiles

Sustainable Textiles
Author: Richard Blackburn
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2009-10-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1845696948

Environmental issues are playing an increasingly important role in the textile industry, both from the point of view of government regulation and consumer expectations. Sustainable textiles reviews ways of achieving more sustainable materials and technologies as well as improving recycling in the industry.The first part of the book discusses ways of improving sustainability at various points in the supply chain. Chapters discuss how sustainability can be integrated into textile design, ensuring more sustainable production of both natural and synthetic fibres, improving sustainability in processes such as dyeing as well as more environmentally-friendly technologies including enzyme and plasma technologies. The second part of the book reviews consumer perceptions of recycled textiles, eco-labelling, organic textiles and the use of recycled materials in textile products.With a distinguished editor and an impressive range of international contributors, Sustainable textiles is an important reference for the textile industry and those researching this important topic. - Reviews government regulations and consumer expectations about environmental impact on the textiles industry - Discusses ways of achieving more sustainable materials and technologies as well as textiles recycling - Examines how sustainability can be integrated into textile design, production and processes

Quality Education and International Partnership for Textile and Fashion

Quality Education and International Partnership for Textile and Fashion
Author: Xinfeng Yan
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2023-07-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9819913209

This book mainly focuses on SDG4- Quality Education, and aims to understand the past, present, and future of textile, fashion, apparel, and related study majors of East African countries. Professors and field experts in textile engineering of selected countries describe the potential and prospects of textile education and how it can lead to internationalization in the various chapters. It also discusses the textile university alliance and the potential for international education related to textiles in the developing region. With updated illustrations, images, data, graphs and tables, this book serves as a reference book for universities with textile engineering major in countries throughout the world.

Cotton Production Manual

Cotton Production Manual
Author: S. Johnson Hake
Publisher: University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources
Total Pages: 430
Release: 1996
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781879906099

The Cotton Production Manual was written for growers everywhere who strive to improve cotton quality and productivity. Features a season-by season production calendar with pest and disease control, fertilization, and irrigation tips and a Diagnostic Guide to help you identify crop problems in the field with management options. 12 pages of color plates.

An Enterprise Map of Ethiopia

An Enterprise Map of Ethiopia
Author: John Sutton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2010
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781907994005

This title describes the history and current capabilities of Ethiopia's leading industrial companies, focusing on 50 key large and mid-size firms.

Africa and Sustainable Global Value Chains

Africa and Sustainable Global Value Chains
Author: Regina Frei
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2022-03-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030787915

This book contains a collection of studies on the interactions between businesses in Africa and Global Value Chains (GVCs) in terms of social, environmental and economic sustainability. This is particularly pertinent given the asymmetrical power distribution between the global buyer and the African supplier, their governance relationships and the ongoing competitive pressures to reduce costs and increase flexibility to meet GVC demands. Rather than focusing on the sustainability of a single organization, GVCs address the sustainability of inter-firm value chains and global industries as a whole. With little differentiation between value chain creation and social / environmental degradation extending to people and raw material extraction (upstream) and disposal or recycling (downstream), sustainability issues need to be at the forefront of African business research interests. Nowadays, sustainability is considered a competitive advantage for a firm looking to join a GVC. Whether sustainability is approached from the viewpoint of an exporting firm motivated to join a GVC in its respective industry or whether a firm’s continuing contractual or collaborative relationship with a buyer depends on its compliance with sustainability standards, both approaches focus on the ability of firms in Africa to benefit from joining sustainable GVCs.

Fibre2Fashion - Textile Magazine - November 2018

Fibre2Fashion - Textile Magazine - November 2018
Author: Fibre2Fashion
Publisher: Fibre2Fashion
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2018-11-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Sri Lanka, as an apparel exporting country, stands out on two counts. First, the apparel export sector is virtually synonymous with quality. The second aspect is its own vibrant fashion ecosystem. The November 2018 issue of Fibre2Fashion looks at trends and challenges of Sri Lanka’s apparel exports. The realities are much different in Ethiopia, the other country that features in this issue. Trade event Green Fashion India, and Q&A with footwear brands VOR and Simone Castelletti as well as other regular features are also covered. Fibre2Fashion magazine—the print venture of Fibre2Fashion.com since 2011—is circulated among a carefully-chosen target audience globally, and reaches the desks of top management and decision-makers in the textiles, apparel and fashion industry. As one of India's leading industry magazines for the entire textile value chain, Fibre2Fashion Magazine takes the reader beyond the mundane headlines, and analyses issues in-depth.

A Survey of Agriculture in Ethiopia

A Survey of Agriculture in Ethiopia
Author: Omero Sabatini
Publisher:
Total Pages: 48
Release: 1969
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN:

Report on agriculture in Ethiopia - covers the physical environment, cultivation techniques, rural workers, rural cooperatives, credit cooperatives, agricultural policy, farm equipment and agricultural machinery, foreign trade in agricultural products, etc. Bibliography, maps and statistical tables.