It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Keshav Kranthi

Climate Action / Carbon Credits

13 March 2025

2 minutes

By using sustainable agricultural strategies such as the use of biochar, minimal tillage and the cultivation of cover crops, up to 5.75 tonnes of CO₂ per hectare per year can be sequestered in the soil.

ICAC, AbTF Launch Carbon Credits Scheme for African Smallholder Farmers

Aimed to empower smallholder farmers, the Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF) and International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) have launched a project to promote carbon credits in African cotton production.

Staff Writer

Misinformation / Cotton for Good 2024 / V

11 October 2024

7 minutes

Cotton represents so much more than just a commodity. This natural fabric is a life-changing product worldwide that sustains 32 million growers (almost half of them women) and benefits over 100 million families across 80 countries in five continents.

Lie Another Day: How Cotton's Image Was Sullied by the Media and Activists Alike

The cotton misinformation problem needs to be seen in the light of today’s society where fake news thrives and wreaks havoc. It’s not difficult to find out how the cotton myths came into being. It’s also not difficult to find out who have been flinging and slinging these falsehoods. Cotton needs to be more assertive, and possibly a bit aggressive too. texfash tries to join some dots.

Subir Ghosh

Analysis

Spotlight: Cotton for Good 2024

Cotton Production / Data Book 2022

30 January 2023

1 minute

The 2022 Cotton Data Book contains hundreds of tables, graphs and charts to help make the enormous amount of information easier to understand and analyse.

ICAC Releases Cotton Data Book 2022

The much-awaited Cotton Data Book 2022 just released by the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) incorporates a lot more information than the last edition.