{"id":2072,"date":"2009-02-23T14:41:04","date_gmt":"2009-02-23T19:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=2072"},"modified":"2009-02-23T14:41:04","modified_gmt":"2009-02-23T19:41:04","slug":"2009-is-the-international-year-of-natural-fibers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/2009-is-the-international-year-of-natural-fibers\/","title":{"rendered":"2009 is the International Year of Natural Fibers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Did you know that 2009 has been declared the International Year of Natural Fibers by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization<\/a>?<\/p>\n Why is natural fiber so important?<\/em><\/p>\n The natural fiber organizations help the income and the food security of poor farmers such as those working with jute in Bangladesh, cotton in some West African countries and sisal (shown above) making a comeback in Tanzania<\/a>.<\/p>\n “The main goal of the International Year of Natural Fibers is to raise the profile of these fibers and to emphasize their value to consumers while helping to sustain the incomes of the farmers. <\/em>” states the UN Food and Agriculture Organization<\/a>.<\/p>\n 30 million tons or more are produced each year and natural fibers form an important component of clothing, upholstery and many textiles. Some also have industrial applications such as “packaging, papermaking and in composite materials with many uses, including as parts in automobiles.<\/em>”<\/p>\n Some features for 2009 will include:<\/p>\n The natural fibers honored<\/a> are: Why an International Year of Natural Fibers?<\/p>\n Since the 1960s, the use of synthetic fibers has increased, and natural fibers have lost a lot of their market share. Producers and processors of natural fibers face the challenge of developing and maintaining markets in which they can compete effectively with synthetics. In some cases, this has involved defining and promoting market niches. In others, where their natural advantages allow them to compete effectively with synthetics, basic research and development is needed to facilitate the use of natural fibers in new applications.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Via Eco Fashion World<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Above image of a<\/em> Sisal field in Tanzania <\/a>is licensed under Creative\u00a0Commons<\/a> Attribution\u00a0ShareAlike\u00a02.0<\/a> License<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Did you know that 2009 has been declared the International Year of Natural Fibers by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization? Why is natural fiber so important? The natural fiber organizations help the income and the food security of poor farmers such as those working with jute in Bangladesh, cotton in some West African countries […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":2073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[106],"tags":[3476,3477,110,2507,104,3478,1969,1787,798,3479,3480,3481,759],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/1235417804_tmp_800px-sisal_fields_in_northern_tanzania.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2072"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
\n\u2022 Abaca
\n\u2022 Coir
\n\u2022 Cotton
\n\u2022 Flax
\n\u2022 Hemp
\n\u2022 Jute
\n\u2022 Silk
\n\u2022 Sisal
\n\u2022 Wool
\n\u2022 & Others<\/p>\n