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.
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
How BCI Farmers’ Children Encouraged Their Parents to Save Water
IDH, The Sustainable Trade Initiative has funded insurance to provide income security to smallholder BCI Farmers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Today, the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) launched its 2019 Annual Report. In the report, BCI shares that Better Cotton – cotton produced by licensed BCI Farmers in line with the initiative’s Better Cotton Principles and Criteria – now accounts …
Today is Earth Day 2020, and we would like to take this opportunity to highlight how BCI and our on-the-ground partners are supporting more than 2.5 million cotton farmers to adapt to the impacts of climate change.
BCI Farmers Demonstrate the Benefits of Implementing more Sustainable Farming Practices In the 2017-18 cotton season*, the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) and its on-the-ground partners provided training on more sustainable farming practices to more than two million cotton farmers …
BCI Farmers in southern India are adopting Better Cotton Principles at high rates, according to a key study that enables BCI to improve our impact potential throughout the region and beyond.
Cotton is a major cash crop in the Jalna district of Maharastra, India, but cotton farmers there can experience numerous challenges. Frequent drought and extended dry spells, along with complex geological conditions make accessing water difficult.
