Cotton Industry Sustainable Development Project Inventory Summary

< p > < a > href= > //www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp > > cotton > /a > are there any adverse effects on human health and natural environment caused by inefficient irrigation techniques, improper planting methods, improper use of pesticides and fertilizers and so on? Are there any negative social and economic reports, including poor working conditions, employing child labor, and high cost of inputs and crop losses caused by cotton growers? These are all concerns of enterprises.

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At the same time, the sustainable development of cotton has also become a guiding principle for the development of cotton industry. P

Globally, improving the social and environmental conditions of cotton production is crucial to people's health, natural environment protection, the livelihood of millions of cotton farmers worldwide and the future development of cotton industry.

Therefore, the concept of "sustainable cotton" has been popularized in the world.

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< p > to this end, we will introduce to readers the relevant situation of He Ruili cotton project (REEL), which is a good "a href=" //www.sjfzxm.com/news/ "Cotton Development Association < BCI" (BCI).

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< p > development course < /p >

< p > BCI < /p >

P, since 2006, under the advocacy of international organizations, enterprises, research institutes and academic institutions have jointly launched a series of discussions on sustainable development of cotton.

After several years of development, a good cotton Development Association (BCI), consisting of more than 40 member units and international organizations, was established in January 2009, and its headquarters are set up in Geneva, Switzerland.

BCI is a nonprofit membership association, which is open to any organization that participates in or is interested in participating in BCI activities, the supply chain of the cotton industry, and the BCI mission.

The more than 40 member units include all aspects of cotton industry, cotton producers, processors, traders, < a target= "_blank" href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/" > textile > /a > factories, retailers and so on.

Now 12 countries in the world have carried out good cotton planting. In May 2012, BCI officially set up an office in China. Three textile companies in China have submitted applications to join BCI.

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< p > REEL < /p >

< p > REEL cotton project is a sustainable cotton project developed by CottonConnect company for specific customers.

CottonConnect is a Pioneer Co with a social responsibility. Its headquarters is located in Europe and has branches in Southeast Asia and China.

It provides sustainable cotton and its supply chain services to textile brands and retailers.

Founded in 2009, it is jointly established by European a target= "_blank" href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/" > clothing "/a" brand C&A, international organic cotton association and Shell foundation.

At present, the company develops and implements sustainable cotton projects including Ruili cotton, good cotton and organic cotton in China, India and Pakistan, and supports the procurement needs of the brand supply chain.

The company implements Ruili cotton project for C&A in India, China and Pakistan, and supports C&A's product supply chain, especially yarn manufacturers purchasing Ruili cotton.

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< p > objectives and methods < /p >

< p > BCI < /p >

< p > BCI has six major development goals: to demonstrate the benefits of producing "better cotton" to cotton farmers, especially the profitability of the economy; to reduce the impact of pesticides on human and environmental health; to improve soil health and biodiversity; to strive for physical labor for cotton farmers and farm workers; to promote more global knowledge exchange on sustainable production of cotton; and to improve the traceability of cotton supply chain.

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A href= "//www.sjfzxm.com" > cotton international organization < /a > together with experts developed a set of production principles and production standards, including six principles and 44 standards: by minimizing the harmful effects of crop protection measures, effectively using water resources, caring for soil health, protecting the living environment, caring and protecting fiber quality, promoting the decent work of cotton growers, and effectively participating in all links of the cotton supply chain, so that cotton growers can grow and sell "good cotton" to meet the market's demand for "good cotton". By establishing effective cotton production organization, improving financing channels, providing training and other better farm management methods, we will develop "good cotton" and improve the economic situation of cotton farmers and farm workers. < p > to achieve these six goals,

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< p > BCI plan in 2020, more than 40 countries planted good cotton, planting area reached 9 million hectares, the number of cotton farmers reached 5 million, and good cotton in the < a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com" > textile supply chain < /a > the circulation reached 4 million tons.

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< p > REEL < /p >

< p > REEL cotton project is to improve farmers' planting level, reduce environmental pollution and improve their living conditions through training farmers' practical skills for sustainable farming.

In 2015, the project implemented 500 million garments to adopt sustainable cotton and provided skills training for 500 thousand cotton farmers to achieve the goal of improving cotton farmers' living standards.

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The < p > REEL project has carried out field guidance in China. In addition to providing corresponding training for farmers, it will also organize experts in plant protection and water resources management to provide more technical services for farmers.

The project is mainly through the combination of expert training and field guidance to raise farmers' planting level and reduce the use of fertilizers, pesticides and water.

CottonConnect will hold a sustainable cotton exhibition every year to show cotton farmers, processors, traders, textile mills and branding businesses the implementation and latest achievements of sustainable cotton projects.

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< p > results achieved < /p >

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< p > in terms of water resources, BCI projects have obvious water-saving effects in India and Pakistan.

Fertilizer use decreased by 16% in India and 38% in Pakistan.

Pesticides and pesticides are the most important agricultural inputs in the cotton planting process. The use of pesticides and insecticides in the BCI project has been significantly reduced. It is worth mentioning that the decrease in agricultural inputs did not reduce the output of cotton. 25% of the projects in Mali increased.

Due to the reduction of production input, farmers' income has improved notably without market bargaining, especially in Mali, where 49% of the farmers' income has improved.

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< p > the promotion of any kind of product is closely related to market demand. Internationally renowned clothing brands H&M, IKEA and LEVI "S" clearly indicate that cotton will come from good cotton in the next 5~10 years, or from similar cotton production standards, which is only part of the case of enterprise representatives. All more than 40 good cotton member units currently represent 5% of the world's < a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com" > cotton market < /a > demand, which is nearly 1 million tons of good cotton market demand.

A number of relevant enterprises have received good cotton orders from international buyers or asked about the development of good cotton in China.

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< p > REEL < /p >

< p > CottonConnect company launched Ruili cotton project for C&A in Xinjiang, China last year. It has been successfully extended to Hebei province this year, and has begun to perform Ruili a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com" > cotton project < /a > for new customers except C&A, so as to meet the needs of different brand diversification.

In August last year, the company organized a brand manufacturer and its supply chain production plant in Xinjiang to visit the project site and communicate face-to-face with the project farmers.

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At the same time, CottonConnect as a member and executive partner of the good cotton initiative, the company also collaborates with the good cotton project brand in the following three aspects and supports the production of good cotton fiber: in 2011, the company implemented the BCI project in India through the application of the good cotton rapid pit fund; the good cotton rapid pit fund co invested with the local ginning plant; and through the joint investment of several brands at the farm level, it carried out a good cotton project for its implementation.

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