Cotton Institute of Mozambique

The Cotton Institute of Mozambique (IAM in its Portuguese acronym) was created in 1991 to promote cotton development through policies, strategies and legislation, research extension and marketing promotion.

IAM is a public institution under the supervision of Mozambique’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security. Its mandate encompasses:

• Supervising the activities of promotion, production, commercialization, industrialization of cotton, sisal and other cultures for textile purposes;
• Implementing, in coordination with specialized institutions, research and transfer of technologies for the production, trade and processing of cotton, sisal and other crops for textile purposes;
• Promoting compliance with technical and environmental standards in the production of cotton, sisal and other crops for textile purposes, thus contributing to the sustainability of production systems.