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		<title>Session 46 &#8211; Ecology in wet processing</title>
		<link>http://ocplatform.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/session-46-ecology-in-wet-processing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>abischof</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, a lot of processing plants still struggle with huge problems regarding work safety and process ecology. Although the approach to support the processors as a group to introduce better practise is very promising and good results &#8230; <a href="http://ocplatform.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/session-46-ecology-in-wet-processing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ocplatform.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9579959&#038;post=255&#038;subd=ocplatform&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My vision of the organic cotton market</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>abischof</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hope that it once will come true that organic cotton becomes the accustomed standard. Whoever wants to have it the other way round has to ask for it in the shops: &#8220;Could I have a really dirty produced shirt, &#8230; <a href="http://ocplatform.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/my-vision-of-the-organic-cotton-market/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ocplatform.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9579959&#038;post=250&#038;subd=ocplatform&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ouverture et confrontation</title>
		<link>http://ocplatform.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/ouverture-et-confrontation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>clairefischer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sans attentes particulières, Gilles Dana apprécie la confrontation avec d&#8217;autres participants de la chaîne de valeur et la possibilité de créer des contacts. Interlaken, un congrès pour s&#8217;ouvrir l&#8217;esprit Posted in organic cotton platform<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ocplatform.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9579959&#038;post=248&#038;subd=ocplatform&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainability and Fair Trade are the Future and saving the world!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Euforic Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interlaken, 22 september 2009. Marina Spadafora, Designer from Italy, presented her new collection &#8220;Banuq&#8221;, which was entirely produced in Africa. Bringing work is the best you can do to make Africa become a successful economy, she says. Pesticides are destroying &#8230; <a href="http://ocplatform.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/sustainability-and-fair-trade-are-the-future-and-saving-the-world/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ocplatform.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9579959&#038;post=227&#038;subd=ocplatform&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Holistic approach for supply chain of organic cotton</title>
		<link>http://ocplatform.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/wholistic-approach-for-supply-chain-of-organic-cotton/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Euforic Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interlaken, 22 september 2009, Sandeep Balekai from the consulting organisation &#8220;Conquest&#8221; is looking at the supply chain with a holistic approach. The triangle between production, environment and society must be looked at integrally. If for example you can avoid rejections, &#8230; <a href="http://ocplatform.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/wholistic-approach-for-supply-chain-of-organic-cotton/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ocplatform.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9579959&#038;post=226&#038;subd=ocplatform&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>La certification bio pour débutants</title>
		<link>http://ocplatform.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/la-certification-bio-pour-debutants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>clairefischer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vincent Duret d&#8217;Ecocert France explique les phases de la certification biologique. Posted in organic cotton platform<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ocplatform.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9579959&#038;post=220&#038;subd=ocplatform&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tadjik organic cotton for sale (long staple)</title>
		<link>http://ocplatform.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/tadjik-organic-cotton-for-sale-long-staple/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Euforic Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interlaken, 22 september 09, Abdusattor Haydarov from Sugdagroserv Tadjikistan came to the Organic Cotton Congress to make contacts for selling the longstaple cotton from 1000 farmers in Tadjikistan. Posted in Uncategorized<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ocplatform.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9579959&#038;post=219&#038;subd=ocplatform&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some facts on cotton production worldwide</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>abischof</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2008 44 billion US$ were spent on pesticides used in agricultural production. US$ 3 billion were spent in cotton. On less than 3% of the arable land (=cotton production area)  worldwide 6.8% of the herbicides and 16% of the &#8230; <a href="http://ocplatform.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/some-facts-on-cotton-production-worldwide/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ocplatform.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9579959&#038;post=210&#038;subd=ocplatform&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Share not convey knowledge!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Never before used within this community are the moderation techniques of fish bowl, open space and world cafe. &#8216;I hear a lot of people talking about the way this conference has been set up. Instead of expert panels, the interactive &#8230; <a href="http://ocplatform.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/share-not-convey-knowledge/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ocplatform.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9579959&#038;post=207&#038;subd=ocplatform&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Success factor of co-operation</title>
		<link>http://ocplatform.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/201/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>abischof</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In session 25 we learned from Veronika Utz, DED an important success factor in co-operation:  working with already committed people and already initiated value chains. Even if the value chain is weak, comittment of the people is very important. Veronika &#8230; <a href="http://ocplatform.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/201/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ocplatform.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9579959&#038;post=201&#038;subd=ocplatform&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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