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Thursday Jun 13, 2024
The future of cotton farming: scaling regenerative sourcing
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
On 6th June, IF hosted a free webinar in partnership with CottonConnect.
Regenerative sourcing has shown significant promise for the cotton industry; helping to regenerate soils, support ecosystems, and improve farmer livelihoods all whilst increasing yield. With initial pilots showing the potential for transformative impact, how can this approach now be implemented at scale?
In this webinar, we used CottonConnect's work with cotton farmers in Gujarat as a case study to discuss:
- The challenges that remain in the cotton industry, and the potential for regenerative agriculture as a solution
- How best to work with local partners on the ground to implement regenerative programmes
- What are transferable lessons for regenerative transformation in the cotton sector globally
We heard valuable insights from:
- Alison Ward, CEO, CottonConnect
- Hardeep Desai, global head – farm programmes, CottonConnect
- Prakash Philip, senior director – monitoring evaluation & learning, CottonConnect
This discussion was moderated by Toby Webb, founder, Innovation Forum.
To learn more about CottonConnect's work with cotton farmers in Gujarat you can watch this film, and for more information on CottonConnect click here.
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