Water and Pesticide Use Cut Nearly in Half After ‘Better Cotton’ Helps Farmers Become Sustainable

Better Cotton published a major annual impact report highlighting significant progress in India .

The report charted the performance of Indian farmers from 2014 to 2022 .

Overall pesticide use decreased 53% and water usage dropped by nearly one-third .

Almost a million farmers also saw their costs reduced by 15.6% per hectare of land.