A Balanced Perspective on Cotton: Responding to Valid Problems, Challenging...
Cotton and cotton textile industries are central to the economic growth of both developed and developing countries and contribute to sustainable and socially responsible development. Cotton is grown in...
View ArticleCotton and the Aral Sea
Cotton and the Aral Sea Between about 1929 and his death in 1953, most historians now estimate that Stalin had been directly responsible for the deaths of somewhere around 20 million people. Most...
View ArticleResponse to Neil Young, Protect Earth Campaign
Dear Mr. Young, Regarding your vow to Protect Earth via advocacy of organic cotton, Based on the latest information from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the...
View ArticleUzbekistan and Cotton Production
Uzbekistan and Cotton Production Cotton production in Uzbekistan is associated with the destruction of the Aral Sea, with child and forced labor, with pesticide poisoning and with autocratic...
View ArticleCotton and Water Use
Cotton and Water Use (Adapted from a recent publication by ICAC and FAO: Measuring Sustainability in Cotton Farming Systems, Towards a Guidance Framework. http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4170e.pdf) Resource...
View ArticleAvailability Cascade, Information Cascade and Reputation Cascade: The...
Summary: An “availability cascade” is a self-reinforcing process of belief formation, in which repetition of a belief triggers a chain reaction of additional repetition. Merely because the belief is...
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