Bringing Communities Together to Celebrate Women

In Pakistan, our six Implementing Partners — our trusted, like-minded partners on the ground — currently reach 140 female BCI Farmers and 117,500 female farm workers (workers are defined as people who work on cotton farms but do not own the farm and are not the main decision makers) in the Punjab and Sindh provinces.

Making Sustainability Mainstream

Brett Matthews from Apparel Insider, anew media platform which offers an alternative take on the global apparel industry, catches up with BCI’s CEO, Alan McClay. There are currently many weird and wonderful things going on aimed at creating a more …

#PressforProgress | International Women’s Day 2018

International Women’s Day, 8 March 2018, provides an important moment for the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) to highlightour commitment to women’s equality. Gender discrimination remains one of the challenges in cotton farming. Women are frequently paid less than their male …

Improving Safety by Using Personal Protective Equipment

In Sakrand, a town in the Sindh province of Pakistan, BCI’s Implementing Partner, Cotton Connect, is working with local partner Sustainable Agriculture and Friendly Environment (SAFE), to implement better cotton farming practices, including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) when applying pesticides.

A Day in the Life of an Agricultural Advisor

In Tajikistan, farmers face challenges including water scarcity and extreme weather. In 2015-16, flood waters washed away newly planted seeds in the northern Sughd region, and unseasonably high summer temperatures damaged cotton crops across the country.

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