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Better Cotton accounts for 22 per cent global cotton production: BCI

  

In its 2019 annual report, Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) states that cotton produced by licensed BCI farmers in line with the initiative’s Better Cotton principles and criteria, now accounts for 22 per cent of global production. In the 2018-19 cotton season, with support of more than 1,800 of members, BCI provided training on more sustainable agricultural practices to 2.3 million cotton farmers. Of this, 2.1 million gained a license to sell Better Cotton. This drove the volume of more sustainably produced cotton available on the global market to a new level.

BCI’s retailer and brand members also sourced more than 1.5 million metric tons of Better Cotton in 2019, which sends a clear signal to the market that Better Cotton is becoming a sustainable mainstream commodity. According to the 2019 report, Better Cotton was grown in 23 countries in the 2018-19 cotton season. Licensed BCI Farmers produced 5.6 million metric tons of Better Cotton. That is enough cotton to make approximately 8 billion pairs of jeans, a pair each for every person in the world.

 
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