Aug. 7, 2003
The goal of the WWF Project «Freshwater & Cotton» is to develop and test a mechanism to promote more sustainable production and use of cotton with the benefit for people and by minimizing the negative impact of cotton on freshwater ecosystems. This goal is to be achieved by developing a stakeholder process in which business partners commit themselves to implement improvements towards sustainability in the entire cotton production and value chain. WWF Switzerland has therefore mandated INFRAS to conduct an assessment on the basis of existing data and information of selected, already ecologically improved or certified organic cotton production projects in India, Pakistan and Turkey. These field case studies had the objective to identify key success factors that promote the conversion from conventional to certified organic or ecologically improved cotton production. An overall synthesis based on the results of the field case studies shall serve as an input for the stakeholder process The final report can now be downloaded or may be ordered by WWF Schweiz, Hohlstr. 110, Postfach, 8010 Zürich
Project team
Jürg Füssler
Managing Partner
Myriam Steinemann
Associate Partner, Member of the INFRAS Board of Directors
