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More and more cotton clothing with Fair Trade certificate in Poland

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More and more cotton clothing with Fair Trade certificate in Poland
Rozalia Wiśniowska, source: Newseria

"About 60 percent of clothing is still made of cotton, which is also grown in, for example, the United States and Turkey, and subsidies for cotton in these countries mean that its prices on the market are artificially low, so the farmers in poorer countries often do not receive an adequated prize for this cotton," Rozalia Wiśniowska from the Fairtrade Polska Foundation, said.

"When farmers earn too little, they are unable to meet the basic needs…

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