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Fiber Artists Unite!
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2009 is the International Year of Natural Fiber!
Learn more about the importance of natural fibers on this wonderful site by exploring 15 natural fibers, their place in the world market, where they come from, how and why they are produced, and how they are important for sustaining a global textile trade.
"In many developing countries, proceeds from the sale and export of natural fibres contribute significantly to the income and the food security of poor farmers and those working in fibre processing and marketing. For some developing countries, natural fibres are of major economic importance: for example, cotton in some West African countries, jute in Bangladesh and sisal in Tanzania. In other cases, fibres are of less significance at the national level but are of major local importance, as in the case of jute in West Bengal (India) and sisal in north-east Brazil."
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