Currently, about 435,000 smallholder farmers and their family members included more than 3.2 Mil.目前，大約有435,000小農(nóng)及其家庭成員包括超過3.2百萬。 people in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Ivory Coast und Ghana are part of the initiative.人在贊比亞，津巴布韋，馬拉維，莫桑比克，象牙海岸UND加納是計(jì)劃的一部分。 Thus, Cotton made in Africa significantly contributes to improving the living conditions of smallholder farmers in Sub Saharan Africa by means of aid by trade.因此，棉花在非洲取得顯著有助于通過援助以貿(mào)易方式提高小農(nóng)戶的生活條件在撒哈拉以南非洲地區(qū)。 Independant 3rd party organisations verify that the CmiA-cotton is grown and processed according to the sustainability criteria of the CmiA standard.獨(dú)立的第三方機(jī)構(gòu)驗(yàn)證CMIA棉是根據(jù)CMIA標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的可持續(xù)性標(biāo)準(zhǔn)種植和加工。 That means that CmiA verified cotton is grown by smallholder farmers.這意味著，CMIA核實(shí)棉是由小農(nóng)戶種植。 In addition, participation in the program forbids slavery, human trafficking, child labor according to ILO conventions, deforestation of primary forests, or the use of genetically modified cotton.此外，參與該計(jì)劃根據(jù)國際勞工組織公約，森林砍伐原始森林，或使用轉(zhuǎn)基因棉花禁止奴役，販賣人口，使用童工。

On average, a CmiA farmer owns a 1.33-acre field for growing cotton.平均而言，一個CMIA農(nóng)民擁有種植棉花1.33英畝的領(lǐng)域。 With his income he has to take care of his whole family of up to seven family members.與他的收入，他已經(jīng)把他的整個的多達(dá)七個家庭成員的家庭。 International textile companies like PUMA, C&A, the Otto Group or Rewe are partnering with the initiative.國際紡織公司，如PUMA，C＆A，奧托集團(tuán)或雷韋正在與合作的倡議。 They are specifically interested in purchasing sustainably produced CmiA-cotton, process the cotton into textiles and pay a licensing fee to the foundation.他們是在購買可持續(xù)生產(chǎn)CMIA棉，工藝棉花到紡織及支付許可費(fèi)的基礎(chǔ)特別感興趣。 In 2007 Cotton made in Africa was introduced to the German market with 400,000 units, which grew to around 35 million textiles by 2013. 2007年棉花在非洲取得被引入到德國市場40萬臺，其中2013年增長到約3500萬紡織品。 For 2014 the initiative projects sales of around 45 million units.對于2014年倡議項(xiàng)目的銷售額約為4500萬臺。

The smallholder cotton farmers and their families directly profit from this positive development as the AbTF reinvests the licence income in the cotton growing regions, eg for agricultural trainings or community projects promoting the expansion of school infrastructures in rural areas.小農(nóng)棉農(nóng)和他們的家庭從這一積*的發(fā)展直接利潤為ABTF再投資在棉花種植區(qū)的特許權(quán)收入，例如用于農(nóng)業(yè)培訓(xùn)或社區(qū)項(xiàng)目促進(jìn)學(xué)校基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施在農(nóng)村地區(qū)的擴(kuò)張。