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The Role of Farmers – Better Cotton Conference 2025

Joe Morphet on June 24, 2025

Farmers, Activists & Brands: Better Cotton Finalises Conference Line-Up One Month Out

Joe Morphet on May 19, 2025

Better Cotton will welcome cotton farmers, retailers, brands, environmental activists, and innovators to its annual conference, which takes place in İzmir, Türkiye, on 18-19 June.

Decarbonisation: How Can Better Cotton Support Members to Meet Climate Targets Whilst Adding Value for Farmers?

Joe Morphet on March 31, 2025

Since 2023, Better Cotton’s Impact and Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Teams have been collaborating on a project to track, report, and drive value through greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data from Better Cotton Farmers.

Better Cotton Project to Break Down Healthcare Barriers for Farmers in Côte d’Ivoire

Joe Morphet on March 24, 2025

Better Cotton has launched a two-year pilot project in Côte d'Ivoire to boost cotton farming communities’ access to essential, quality healthcare services and create a replicable model for marginalised groups around the world.

US Farmers & Experts Unite to Champion Soil Health for Sustainable Agriculture

Joe Morphet on December 11, 2024

Takeaways from the 2024 Southern Soil Health Conference in Jonesboro, Arkansas, US.

Better Cotton Calls for Ambitious Public Finance Commitments To Empower Farmers at COP29

Joe Morphet on November 11, 2024

As COP29 kicks off today, Better Cotton is urging global leaders to place farming communities at the centre of climate action and to recognise the critical role sustainability standards play in driving measurable progress toward climate resilience. With a strong …

Management Response: Validating the Impact of Better Cotton on Cotton Farmers in India

Joe Morphet on April 5, 2024

Report: GIF Pilot to Test the Inclusion of Women Co-farmers Within Better Cotton’s Quality Assurance Programme

Joe Morphet on April 5, 2024

COP28: How Better Cotton Is Representing Cotton Farmers at the Conference of Parties

Joe Morphet on November 30, 2023

This year, Better Cotton will be participating in COP28, the 28th session of the UN Climate Change Conference of Parties. We have recently been accepted as an observer to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and will …

Developing a Framework to Support Farmers in Adopting Integrated Pest Management

Joe Morphet on November 22, 2023

By Gregory Jean, Standards and Learning Manager at Better Cotton At Better Cotton, one of our key areas of focus as we look to protect and restore the environment is reducing the use of synthetic pesticides in cotton farming. Pesticides, …

Why Life for Millions of Smallholder Farmers Rests on a New EU Directive

Joe Morphet on November 9, 2023

By Alan McClay, CEO of Better Cotton This article was first published by the World Economic Forum on 7 November 2023 The ordered streets of Brussels may feel like a million miles from the cotton fields of India or the …

Sustainable Livelihoods: How Our New Principle Supports Better Cotton’s Mission to Boost Cotton Farmers’ Income and Resilience

Joe Morphet on September 15, 2023

Smallholders (SH): Farms with a farm size typically not exceeding 20 hectares of cotton which are not structurally dependent on permanent hired labour. Medium Farms (MF): Farms with a farm size typically between 20 to 200 hectares of cotton which usually are structurally dependent on permanent hired labour.

Better Cotton is the world’s leading sustainability initiative for cotton. Our mission is to help cotton communities survive and thrive, while protecting and restoring the environment.

In just over 10 years we have become the world’s largest cotton sustainability programme. Our mission: to help cotton communities survive and thrive, while protecting and restoring the environment.

Better Cotton is grown in 22 countries around the world and accounts for 22% of global cotton production. In the 2022-23 cotton season, 2.13 million licensed Better Cotton Farmers grew 5.47 million tonnes of Better Cotton.

Today Better Cotton has more than 2,700 members, reflecting the breadth and diversity of the industry. Members of a global community that understands the mutual benefits of sustainable cotton farming. The moment you join, you become part of this too.

The founding premise of Better Cotton is that a healthy sustainable future for cotton and the people that farm it is in the interests of everyone connected with it.

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The Role of Farmers – Better Cotton Conference 2025

Farmers, Activists & Brands: Better Cotton Finalises Conference Line-Up One Month Out

Decarbonisation: How Can Better Cotton Support Members to Meet Climate Targets Whilst Adding Value for Farmers?

Better Cotton Project to Break Down Healthcare Barriers for Farmers in Côte d’Ivoire

US Farmers & Experts Unite to Champion Soil Health for Sustainable Agriculture

Better Cotton Calls for Ambitious Public Finance Commitments To Empower Farmers at COP29

Management Response: Validating the Impact of Better Cotton on Cotton Farmers in India

Report: GIF Pilot to Test the Inclusion of Women Co-farmers Within Better Cotton’s Quality Assurance Programme

COP28: How Better Cotton Is Representing Cotton Farmers at the Conference of Parties

Developing a Framework to Support Farmers in Adopting Integrated Pest Management

Why Life for Millions of Smallholder Farmers Rests on a New EU Directive

Sustainable Livelihoods: How Our New Principle Supports Better Cotton’s Mission to Boost Cotton Farmers’ Income and Resilience

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