Supporting BCI Farmers Through Covid-19
In this monthly member webinar, we explored how BCI and our Implementing Partners are supporting farmers around the world in adapting to the Covid-19 pandemic during the 2020 harvest season. Expect visual examples of how cotton growing communities are being impacted. You’ll also hear key organisational updates on global production and uptake numbers, the Task Force on Forced Labour and Decent Work, as well as brief updates on Western China.
What is ‘Farmers+’?
We work to monitor, evaluate and learn about the outcomes and impacts of Better Cotton. One aspect of this work is to understand how many cotton farmers are reached through our programmes. Historically, we have only referred to the ‘participating …
Better Cotton’s Partners and Farmers Share Insights on Water Stewardship and Showcase Water-Saving Practices for World Water Week
This World Water Week 2021, BCI have been sharing the inspiring work happening at field level to use and conserve water in a way that is sustainable.
Better Cotton Farmers in India Form Their Own Farmer-Owned Collective and Improve Their Livelihoods
This is a situation echoed across rural Gujarat, a coastal state in India, where climate change and extreme weather are leading to water scarcity and increasing salt levels in the soil, making it harder to cultivate crops.
2.7 Million Cotton Farmers Grow Nearly a Quarter of Global Cotton More Sustainably
Today, the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) shared in our 2020 Annual Report that Better Cotton – cotton produced in line with the initiative’s Better Cotton Principles and Criteria by licensed BCI Farmers – now accounts for 23% of global cotton …
Understanding Our Reach: A Q&A With Eliane Augareils and Kendra Park Pasztor on ‘Farmers+’ and What It Means for Better Cotton
Our mission at the Better Cotton Initiative is to make global cotton production better for the people who produce it, better for the environment it grows in and better for the sector’s future. We include people in our mission because Better Cotton training doesn’t just impact BCI Farmers alone.
Training Farmers: Capacity Building
The Better Cotton Capacity Building Programme is the backbone of the Better Cotton Standard System. Through the programme, Better Cotton Implementing partners train more than 2.3 million cotton farmers around the world on how to grow cotton more sustainably and improve their livelihoods.
Better Cotton Farmers Achieve Tangible Results Through More Sustainable Farming Practices
In the 2018-19 cotton season*, the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) and our on-the-ground partners provided training on more sustainable farming practices to more than 2.3 million cotton farmers in 23 countries. With BCI training, supportand capacity building, BCI Farmers …
Adopting Sustainable Water Practices in India: How Better Cotton Farmers’ Children Encouraged Their Parents to Save Water
How BCI Farmers’ Children Encouraged Their Parents to Save Water
