In 2017-18, second year of Better Cotton Growth & Innovation Fund (GIF), more than one million cotton farmers in India, Pakistan, China, Mozambique, Turkey,Senegal and Tajikistan received training and support from the Fund through regional Implementing Partners.
The GIF directly invested €6.4 million (from Retailers and Brands, public donors and IDH) in field-level programmes and mobilised an additional €3 million in co-funding from Implementing Partners and supply chain partners (social enterprises, ginners, spinning mills and garment manufacturers) – a total portfolio value of €9.4 million in the year.
The growth of the programme over the last two years establishes the success of the programme by increasingly reaching out to farmers and promoting sustainability in the cotton supply chain. Read the program Annual Report to know more about the activities and results.