Better Cotton Challenge

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Better Cotton Challenge Deadline: 2020-01-15
Award: € 135,000
Open to: Everyone*

The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) is the largest cotton sustainability programme in the world with the aim to transform cotton production worldwide by developing Better Cotton as a sustainable mainstream commodity. It has set an ambitious target to reach and train five million farmers on more sustainable practices and to have Better Cotton account for 30% of global cotton production by 2020.

BCI has developed a holistic approach to sustainable cotton production through the Better Cotton Standard System, which covers all three pillars of sustainability: environmental, social and economic. The Better Cotton Standard System is designed to ensure the exchange of good practices, and to encourage the scaling up of collective action to establish Better Cotton as a sustainable mainstream commodity.

As part of the Better Cotton Standard System, BCI farmers adhere to seven Better Cotton Principles and Criteria. These include minimizing the harmful impact of crop protection practices, enhancing biodiversity, promoting water stewardship and decent work, and caring for the health of the soil. The Principles also emphasize on moving beyond basic compliance towards capacity-building and continuous improvement.

* Details may apply. See contest website to confirm eligibility.


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