Gender discrimination is one of the biggest challenges for workplace equality in the Indian agriculture sector. Despite the crucial role women play in agriculture in India, they…
Life And Building Safety (LABS) Initiative has launched a Helpline in Vietnam and India for the factories associated with the program in both countries. The Helpline provides direct access to…
Artificial Intelligence to help Indian aquaculture farmers to tackle shrimp diseases
Aquaconnect, IDH, The Sustainable Trade Initiative, and Professor Kenton Morgan partner in a project to predict shrimp diseases by using machine learning. The project aims to benefit 13.000 ha of…
Better Cotton Growth & Innovation Fund – Annual Report 2018-19
In the 2018-19 cotton season, the GIF worked with 1.3 million* cotton farmers in India, Pakistan, China, Mozambique, Turkey, and Tajikistan, who received training and…
IDH, RySS partnership Awarded Under P4G’s Green Growth Initiative
The Sustainable Sourcing at Scale Partnership between IDH, The Sustainable Trade Initiative and Rythu Sadhikara Samstha (RySS) is one of the seven partnerships that have been granted funding under P4G’s…
Better Cotton GIF kicks off process to select 2020-21 Implementing Partners
The Better Cotton Growth and Innovation Fund (Better Cotton GIF or the Fund) has rolled out the Request for Proposal (RFP) for selected and endorsed Better Cotton Implementing Partners (IP)…
Better Cotton GIF reaches over one million farmers in India
Setting a landmark for the IDH Cotton program – the Better Cotton Growth and Innovation Fund (Better Cotton GIF or the Fund) in India has reached out to over a…
Online Skill Development tool launched for GIF Field Facilitators in India
IDH and Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) have launched an online skill development tool for Field Facilitators (FF) engaged with Better Cotton Growth and Innovation Fund (GIF) programs in India. Led…
Working across key cotton geographies, IDH Cotton programs – Better Cotton Growth and Innovation Fund (GIF), Mozambique Climate Resilience Project, and Maharashtra Cotton Water Platform — address…
IDH launches reports to identify partnership opportunities to scale positive impact in the cotton sector in Maharashtra
IDH, The Sustainable Trade Initiative launched its reports – ‘Towards Doubling Cotton Farmer Incomes‘ and ‘Business Case for Gender Mainstreaming in Cotton’ on May 9, 2019 in Mumbai,…