Many temporary and seasonal workers who work in the fields during the cotton season are offered no employment contract, making them vulnerable to labour issues (like being paid below the national minimum wage, for example).
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 …
BCI's partners have a deep understanding of local farming, environmental and social contexts, and are encouraged to develop and share field-level innovations which are of most benefit to the farmers and communities in their regions.
Farmers, farm workers, and their families — whose livelihoods depend on growing cotton — are the main beneficiaries of BCI Programmes on sustainable farming practices.
One Family’s Journey to Understanding the Importance of Children’s Education
BCI implementing Partners are working to not only ensure farmers receive training and support for the upcoming cotton season but they also receive food packages and safety equipment.
Chandrakant Kumbhani, General Manager at Ambuja Cement Foundation, tells us how the foundation is working to not only ensure farmers receive training and support for the upcoming cotton season but they are also prepared and equipped to deal with Covid-19 challenges.
Here Better Cotton Members can find upcoming member-only webinars focused on various topics related to Better Cotton, the Better Cotton Standard System and emerging cotton industry trends. To provide additional value to our membership community, these member-only webinars are in …
In our new blog series, we interview BCI Implementing Partners in China who are supporting BCI Farmers and farming communities during the Covid-19 pandemic.
In our new blog series, we interview BCI Implementing Partners in India who are supporting BCI Farmers and farming communities during the Covid-19 pandemic.
As BCI develops its 2030 strategy and targets for the next decade, in addition to deepening BCI’s impact at field level, the focus remains on scaling the sustainable production and sourcing of Better Cotton – the cotton grown by …
