Tagged with "Better Cotton Initiative"

• Cotton Yearbook 2018

  Working across key cotton geographies, IDH Cotton programs – Better Cotton Growth and Innovation Fund (GIF), Mozambique Climate Resilience Project, and Maharashtra Cotton Water Platform — address…

  Cotton Yearbook 2018

• Towards sustainable market transformation: Better Cotton uptake crosses one million MT mark

  In 2018, Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) Retailer and Brand Members sourced a record level of Better Cotton – over one million metric tonnes – illustrating how retailers and brands are…

  Towards sustainable market transformation: Better Cotton uptake crosses one million MT mark

• Better Cotton GIF Reaches One Million Cotton Farmers in 2017-18

  The Better Cotton Growth and Innovation Fund (GIF) reached one million cotton farmers in 2017-18*, the second year of programme implementation. During the year, the Fund invested over €9.4 million…

  Better Cotton GIF Reaches One Million Cotton Farmers in 2017-18

• Better Cotton Growth & Innovation Fund – Annual Report 2017-18

  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…

  Better Cotton Growth & Innovation Fund – Annual Report 2017-18

• Transitioning 6 million farmers to zero budget natural farming

  IDH India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Rythu Sadhikara Samstha (RySS) – a not-for-profit established by the Andhra Pradesh government to support the transition of 6 million farmers…

  Transitioning 6 million farmers to zero budget natural farming

• Which companies procure the most Better Cotton?

  Which retailers and brands lead the Better Cotton league? The Top 10 (volume) Better Cotton sourcing businesses include many high-street favorites from around the world. In descending order of magnitude,…

  Which companies procure the most Better Cotton?

• German and Australian support for sustainable cotton

  The BCI Growth and Innovation Fund, which project portfolio is managed by BCI, IDH and cotton sourcing companies has recieved significant financial support from the German government. At the same…

  German and Australian support for sustainable cotton

• Higher yields and less pesticides use in Mozambique

  Despite challenges for cotton farmers across the country caused by unpredictable weather conditions BCI farmers achieved 15% higher yields and 6% less pesticides input, resulting in 16% higher profits. The…

  Higher yields and less pesticides use in Mozambique