【全非资讯·西非】 贝宁：如何将棉花财富转化为工业生态

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贝宁正利用其作为西非最大棉花生产国的地位，追求更大的经济利益：在本土加工更多自己种植的农作物。在Glo-Djigbé工业园区（GDIZ），棉花被加工成面料和服装，创造了就业机会，并留住了过去随原棉贸易流失的经济价值。其发展进程为非洲大陆提供了一个新兴的工业化模式。\n\n在距离科托努以北约45公里的Glo-Djigbé工业园区，以团队负责人Inès Alowakinnou为代表的年轻工人正在一个几年前几乎还不存在如此规模的行业中积累经验。他们的工作处于贝宁雄心勃勃的尝试的核心，即把棉花财富转化为工厂、正规就业和更加多元化的经济。\n\n在工业工程部门工作的Alowakinnou表示：“工作条件很好，我正在积累经验，我会毫不犹豫地鼓励任何年轻人效仿我的榜样。”\n\n根据国际货币基金组织（IMF）2024年国家报告，贝宁的出口主要集中在棉花和腰果等大宗商品上，在2016年至2021年期间（在调整非正式贸易流之前），这些商品占总出口的的三分之一以上。\n\n对于贝宁纺织公司（Benin Textile Corporation）的维修主管Manfaz Lamidi而言，成就感来自于维持生产以及解决技术故障和缺陷。他们的经历反映了GDIZ背后的宏大雄心：将贝宁从初级农产品出口国转变为高附加值产品的制造商和销售商。\n\n贝宁在2025/26产季收获了533590吨籽棉，重新夺回了非洲法郎区最大产棉国的地位。但生产大量的棉花并不能自动带来该作物的全部经济价值。随着纤维经历轧棉、纺纱、织造、针织、染色、成衣制造、品牌塑造和零售，其价值也不断增加。\n\nGDIZ正试图将更多这样的生产环节引入贝宁国内。

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Benin is using its position as West Africa’s largest cotton producer to pursue a bigger economic prize: processing more of what it grows at home. At the  Glo-Djigbé Industrial Zone  (GDIZ), cotton is being turned into fabrics and garments, creating jobs and retaining value that previously left the country with the trade of raw fibres. Its progress offers an emerging model for industrialisation for the continent.

At the Glo-Djigbé Industrial Zone, about 45 kilometres north of Cotonou, young workers such as team leader Inès Alowakinnou are gaining experience in an industry that barely existed at this scale a few years ago. Their work lies at the centre of Benin’s ambitious attempt to turn its cotton wealth into factories, formal employment and a more diversified economy.

“Working conditions are good, I’m gaining experience, and I wouldn’t hesitate to encourage any young person to follow my example,” says Alowakinnou, who works in the industrial engineering department.

According to  the IMF 2024 Country Report, Benin's exports have been mainly concentrated in commodities such as cotton and cashews, accounting for more than one third of total export between 2016 and 2021 (before adjusting for informal trade flows).

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For Benin Textile Corporation maintenance supervisor, Manfaz Lamidi, the satisfaction comes from maintaining production and solving technical breakdowns and defects. Their experiences reflect the larger ambition behind GDIZ: to transform Benin from an exporter of raw agricultural commodities into a manufacturer and seller of higher-value products.

Benin  harvested  533,590 tonnes of seed cotton during the 2025/26 season, regaining its position as the leading producer in the CFA franc zone. But producing large volumes of cotton does not automatically deliver the full economic value of the crop. That value increases as fibre moves through ginning, spinning, weaving, knitting, dyeing, garment production, branding and retail.

GDIZ is attempting to bring more of those stages inside Benin.

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