K Osei-Ntiri's scientific contributions

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This paper investigates the globalization of the fashion industry and its effects on Ghanaian independent fashion designers and finds feasible strategies that can be employed for the improvement of the fashion business in Ghana. The research is based on qualitative research approach which employs observation and interview for data collection. The p...
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Overview of the Ghana Textile Industry primarily shows a predominant cotton fabric manufacturing sector with absolute reliance on cotton as the major raw material for production. The Ghana Cotton Company Limited (GCCL) and other privately owned ginneries in the Northern Region have, in the past, been the major suppliers of lint cotton to the textil...

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... However, organic cotton production reduces leukemia and skin irritation risks are reduced, air pollution is reduced, insect predators are preserved, fisheries are protected, and healthy soil is built for safe food ( Howard, 2012 ). According to the paper cotton production without chemicals, is gaining popularity around the world as some clothing producers have pledged to use exclusively organic cotton, and a technique has been developed to transform cotton waste into yarn for reweaving in the denim industry. ...
... A study by Sarpong & Howard (2011) on the effect of globalization on the fashion scope in the Ghanaian terrain portended that the fashion space in the country is bedeviled with used and cheap clothing from other parts of the world. Sarpong & Howard (2011)added that the implementation of strategies such as limiting the influx of foreign wares into the Ghanaian market by the government will go a long way into boosting confidence in and increasing patronage of locally made products. ...