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Sustainability Issue: Productivity

Helping Better Cotton Farmers in China Conserve Water and Raise Yields Despite Extreme Weather

Well Studio on April 2, 2019

Helping BCI Farmers in China Conserve Water and Raise Yields Despite Extreme Weather

A Better Cotton Farmer’s Journey to Raising Yields in Mozambique

Well Studio on July 2, 2018

In Mozambique, smallholder farmers participating in the BCI programme manage 90% of the land under cotton cultivation, with 86% of the country’s cotton farmers producing Better Cotton.

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Sustainability Issue: Productivity

Sustainability Issue: Productivity

Helping Better Cotton Farmers in China Conserve Water and Raise Yields Despite Extreme Weather

Helping Better Cotton Farmers in China Conserve Water and Raise Yields Despite Extreme Weather

A Better Cotton Farmer’s Journey to Raising Yields in Mozambique

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