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bioRe® Tanzania
Presents
Organic Cotton Project in Meatu
Where it is
What it does.....
.....and how
bioRe® Tanzania is situated in the
north-western part of Tanzania, near the
region of Shinyanga.
• The centre of the project lies in the town
of Mwamishali in the district of Meatu.
• Cotton as a cash crop is the main
means of income for farmers and their
families
• 1994 - 1999 a private textile mill
started a project to produce organicaly
grown cotton in one village in Meatu
district.
• Remei AG, a Swiss company, dealing
with yarn, supported the private textile
mill‘s initiative and bought the
organicaly grown cotton.
• 2000 Remei AG took over the project
and transformed the project into the
company bioRe Tanzania Ltd.
• 2000 - 2002, GTZ PPP - Project
assisted the new born company for two
years with technical advisory service.
• Since the transformation periode (2000
- 2002), the organic cotton project has
succussfully expanded.
Year
Number of Farmers
Production
(seed cotton yield)
1994/95
45
105 t
1999/2000
320 ( in 2 villages)
592 t
2004/2005
1483 ( in 9 villages)
3676 t
2005/2006
1677 ( in 11 villages)
1655 t
Current
season
1700 ( in 11 villages)
4000 t estimate
• Mid September 2005 the new
bioRe Centre was inaugurated
• Training supports Staff and Farmers
• On the trial farm agricultural practices
and methodes are shown.
• bioRe  extension staff visits monthly
all farmers and their fields
Remarks on what works,
what doesn‘t and why?
Titel of this seminar
• Why bioRe Tanzania Ltd works?
• Support and development of a private
initiative combined with technical
expert advise (GTZ - PPP) created the
base for a new company and new
opportunities.
bioRe Tanzania Ltd
bioRe  is an umbrella brand for textile
production, processes and services.
bioRe  cotton cultivation and its subsequent
processing into fibre, yarns, semifinished
products and garments fulfill defined criteria
for organic farming, fairness, ecology,
quality and transparency at every
production stage. These are the five bioRe 
keys.
bioRe Tanzania
Cares
One reason why it works
The chain: an other reason
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The chain is flexible
The chain is reliable
The chain is strong
The chain is durable
The chain is stable
The chain is interconnecting
The chain has several not changing elements
• bioRe  Tanzania is one element in
the textile chain, called partner .
Kija Salumu Farmer, ID 85, an other partner in
the textile chain since 1995
What is a textile chain?
Who are the other partners?
Textile Chain
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Farmer
bioRe Family
bioRe Ltd
Ginnery Spinning
Knitting
Dyeing
Garments
Clients
Shop
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Remei‘s
Partner
Management
bioRe
Trade Mark
bioRe ® : an integrated textile chain
Coordination and controlling by Remei AG
Cultivation/Ginning Spinning
bioRe® companies
• India
• Tanzania
approx.
8`100 farmers
bioRe® Plattform
• Germany
• Switzerland
• Czech Republic
• Turkey
• India
Processing
bioRe® Partner
• India
• Lithuania
• Switzerland
In preparation:
• Tanzania
Retail
bioRe® Partner
• worldwide, esp.
- Switzerland
- Italy
- France
- Germany
Auditing and certification of the whole bioRe® production textile chain
Cultivation
Ginning
Spinning
bio.inspecta
EU-RL 2092/91
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Cotton cultivation
Transparency
Fairness SA 8000
Quality Management
Knitting
Dying
Manufacturing
SGS and other accredited
quality providers
• Transparency
• Fairness SA 8000
• ZAP
• Quality Management
bioRe  cotton enterprises work with
farmers and provide the raw material for
bioRe  textiles.
They are aimed both at strengthening
farmers individually and at building up
their communities.
bioRe  integrates cotton growers as
partners in a vertical chain linking
them to the processing industry and to
retail companies
bioRe  gives marginalised farmers a
face and therefore a sustainable market
access.
bioRe enterprises care and help farmers
like Kija Salumu
How?
1. Promote organic farming
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Dissemination of organic farming
Training and advisory services
Internal Control System (ICS), which
ensures what is tought gets implemented
Certification promotes trust
2. Bring fairness in the operation
• 5 year contract
• Fixed cash premium above market price
• Investement in processing and marketing
infrastructure for cotton and food crops.
• Participation and community building (share
holders)
• Labour standards (Human rights and ILO
conventions)
3. Transparency and communication
• Information strenghtens partners‘ trust
and commitment
4. Quality
• Product, only the very best
• Management systems, including risk
management
5. Economy
• Operate in an economical manner to
spare their partners‘ resources
5 other reasons why it works
Without
• Support
• Fairness
• Transparency and communication
• Quality
• Economy
It wouldn‘t work
Not only in private enterprises but also
in countries and continents
Thank you very much for your attention
bioRe  Tanzania Ltd.
www.remei.ch / www.biore.ch