Brazil

• Brazilian Cooperation Agency, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (ABC/MRE)
• Brazilian Cotton Institute (IBA)
• Brazilian Association of Technical Assistance and Rural Extension Companies (ASBRAER)
• Brazilian Association of Cotton Producers (ABRAPA)
• Brazilian Agricultural Research Company (EMBRAPA)
• Paraíba Research, Rural Extension and Land Regularization Company
• Diaconia
   

Ensure the sustainability of cotton production in partner countries through technical cooperation to strengthen institutional capacities in said countries and the socio-productive inclusion of cotton farmers.

• More than USD 14 million invested to expand Government’s technical and management capacities towards a sustainable cotton sector in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, Paraguay and Peru;
• Provide more than 70 public institutions in partner countries with new capacities, knowledge and levels of public and public/private coordination to support the development and organization of the cotton value chain.
• In Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay and the Plurinational State of Bolivia, around 700 artisan women and their organizations have already received training in business plans, market access and product improvement
• In Paraguay and Colombia, 700 young students have been trained under the +Cotton project.
• In Peru, more than 5 000 pima cotton-producing families, organized under the COSTACH cooperative, are taking part in a pioneering pilot project in Latin America to register information, transactions, and traceability of lint production and transparency in the region's textile industry through a blockchain initiative. Via the +Cotton project, the cooperative receives advice on markets and support for this pilot
   

• +Cotton Project Website
• Brazil and FAO, the path to Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean
• Youtube videos on Cotton+ project
• Strengthening the Cotton Sector through South-South Cooperation