Globally, the Women in Cotton chapters from around the world have stepped up to support cotton on October 7 in a BIG way — and that includes the Brazilian organization. This 3+ minute video highlights comments from many cotton professionals who live and work in the world’s largest cotton exporting country in the world, pointing out how cotton is important to so many people in Brazil — and given the invasion
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Women in Cotton US:
This World Cotton Day, Women in Cotton United States celebrates harvest season here in the U.S. The people, partnerships, and purpose are what drives the U.S. cotton industry forward. From farm to finished product, cotton continues to support communities, create opportunities, and connect people here in the United States and around the world.
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Better Cotton: Highlighting the Impact of Farmers
For World Cotton Day 2026, the Better Cotton Initiative has produced a video highlighting its work with cotton farmers and farm workers in Uzbekistan and the changes taking place across the country’s cotton sector.
Since 2022, Better Cotton Initiative has supported 18,000 cotton farmers and farm workers in Uzbekistan, promoting more responsible cotton production while strengthening farmer training, soil health, pest management, water stewardship, and traceability.
The video follows farmers, workers, trainers, and technical specialists as they describe how improved practices and digital tools are changing the way cotton is grown and monitored. It also highlights Better Cotton Initiative’s work on decent working conditions, including training, interviews, and grievance mechanisms designed to strengthen protections for farm workers.
Technology is another important part of the story. Digital monitoring, farm mapping, laboratory testing, and other tools are helping farmers and supply-chain partners make better-informed decisions and build greater transparency throughout the cotton value chain.
The film ultimately focuses on the people behind the crop: families whose lives are tied to cotton, communities adapting to new approaches, and farmers working to make production more efficient, responsible, and sustainable.
Watch the video to see how Better Cotton Initiative is supporting cotton farmers and communities in Uzbekistan.
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The South Africa Sustainable Standard (ZACS)
On World Cotton Day, Cotton South Africa will be celebrating:
- The launch of a locally developed sustainability cotton standard — The South Africa Sustainable standard (ZACS) — for South African cotton
- Capturing skills development by forming partnerships with AgriColleges International, establishing an online learning experience for cotton farmers, extension or other interested parties. The cotton course will be live from end of October 2026 (https://agricolleges.com)
- There are four Pillars of Sustainability in the ZACS:
- Management
- Environment
- People
- Socio-economic
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Ethiopia: Farm Visit and Panel Discussion
Not all World Cotton Day activities can be arranged for October 7th — but they still count! On October 20, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Agriculture, in collaboration with GIZ and local farmers, will will bring together mainly large-scale and commercial cotton farmers to share their experiences and good practices, along with representatives from federal and regional government institutions, the textile and garment manufacturers’ association, cotton producers’ associations, seed companies, and other relevant cotton value-chain stakeholders.
The main objectives of the event are to:
- Strengthen collaboration among stakeholders across the cotton value chain
- Facilitate experience sharing among cotton farmers on good cotton production and farm management practices
- Highlight practical experiences and opportunities in commercial cotton production;
- Strengthen collaboration among stakeholders across the cotton value chain
- Raise public and media awareness of the contribution of the cotton value chain to the national economy, employment, livelihoods, and the well-being of farmers and citizens
Photographs and a summary will be posted here after the event is held.
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Cotton Diaries — #WhoMadeMyCotton Step 4: The Farmer’s Ecosystem
WhoMadeMyCotton is an independent research project by denim professionals Ani Wells and Anne Oudard. It began with a simple question: Where does the cotton in my jeans actually come from? They embarked on a research journey to investigate how cotton moves through global supply chains and why the people who grow it remain largely invisible. What started as a search for the origin of the cotton in the products they designed evolved into a multi-year research project exploring farm-level traceability, the structural barriers to transparency, and the relationships that shape cotton production around the world. The report’s central finding: much of the information needed to trace cotton to farmers and farmer groups is already recorded at the cotton gin, but it rarely travels further down the supply chain.
Through field research, interviews, and systems analysis spanning the entire cotton value chain – from brands and mills to traders, ginners and farmers – WhoMadeMyCotton aims to build a deeper understanding of how cotton sourcing works in practice and what is needed to create more transparent, resilient and equitable supply chains. This fourth and final phase gets down to the roots (literally) exploring the realities of cotton production at the farm level and the systemic barriers that continue to limit meaningful transparency and change.
Download the report here (available on October 7): https://www.cottondiaries.com/whomademycotton
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Women in Cotton Europe & Middle East: Cotton For Good – 13 Women, 8 Countries, One Fibre
For World Cotton Day 2026, Women in Cotton Europe & Middle East (WiC EUME), a regional chapter of WiC Global, an initiative of the International Cotton Association (ICA), asked its members one simple question:
Why is cotton good?
In a short video, 13 women from Egypt, Switzerland, France, Greece, Germany, Spain, Türkiye and the United Kingdom answer in their own words, from wherever they stand in the cotton value chain: the field, the gin, the research lab, the trading desk, the port and the newsroom. Each closes with a single word for cotton, from Community and Soil to Quality, Trust, Livelihoods and Stories.
Together, they show that cotton is good because of the people behind it, and that more and more of those people are women. -
Gezira Scheme, Sudan
Sudan will celebrate World Cotton Day 2026 with a special event at the Gezira Scheme on October 7, organized through a broad coalition of cotton-sector organizations and stakeholders.
The initiative is being led by the Union of Cotton Producers and Exporters and the Chamber of Agriculture, with participation from the Cotton Organization for Development and Training, the University of Gezira, the Agricultural Research Corporation, agricultural professional organizations, irrigated and rain-fed cotton farmers, companies involved in cotton production and manufacturing, and other stakeholders from across Sudan’s cotton sector.
Held under the patronage of the Governor of the Gezira Scheme, the program will combine a field day with technical and policy discussions focused on strengthening cotton production and the wider value chain.
The field session will feature presentations on cotton production technologies, recommended technical practices, and pest management, with the participation of cotton farmers from across Sudan.
A second session will examine several key issues facing the sector, including:
- Cottonseed: the current situation, challenges, and possible solutions
- Financing and contract farming
- Ginning, spinning, and cotton manufacturing
- Cotton marketing
The event will conclude with decisions and recommendations aimed at supporting the future development of cotton in Sudan.
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Turning Knowledge into Results for Cotton Farmers
To celebrate World Cotton Day 2026, the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) has produced a video highlighting four initiatives that are transforming scientific knowledge into practical tools, field-level results, and new opportunities for cotton farmers.
Presented by ICAC Executive Director Eric Trachtenberg, the video demonstrates how Virtual Reality can provide farmers and extension specialists with immersive training throughout the cotton-production cycle. It also introduces the Cotton Expert Soil and Plant Health App, which offers information in more than two dozen languages and can help diagnose 92 insects, 16 diseases, and eight nutrient deficiencies.
The video also highlights the results of ICAC’s train-the-trainer work in Zambia. More than 350 on-farm demonstrations helped participating farmers more than double their yields, reaching approximately 2,760 kilograms of seed cotton per hectare. Eighteen training sessions reached about 4,000 participants, including nearly 1,000 women, while more than 2,000 farmers adopted biochar practices.
In Uzbekistan, the ICAC is piloting a carbon-credit initiative that combines regenerative agriculture, biochar, and rigorous monitoring, reporting, and verification. The project is designed to improve soil health, strengthen climate resilience, and potentially provide participating farmers with additional income of up to US$200 per hectare.
Together, these initiatives demonstrate the spirit of “Cotton for Good”: using innovation, science, training, and international cooperation to deliver meaningful benefits to cotton farmers and their communities.
Watch the video to see how the ICAC is turning knowledge into action for cotton farmers around the world: https://youtu.be/ZIHAYl-FQGA
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Cotton Pakistan: Stakeholder Awareness Event
The Cotton Pakistan Foundation will mark World Cotton Day 2026 with a stakeholder awareness event in Islamabad, bringing together representatives from across Pakistan’s cotton and textile value chain.
The event is expected to include participants from research institutions, seed companies, farming communities, ginning, spinning, policymaking, and the wider textile industry, creating a forum for discussion around the future of cotton in Pakistan.
Cotton Pakistan Foundation is an independent, industry-led platform working to support the revival of Pakistan’s cotton sector through quality improvement, advanced crop advisory, seed research and development, sustainability, traceability, modern ginning, and market-led value chain development.
The World Cotton Day event will provide an opportunity to raise awareness of cotton’s importance to Pakistan’s economy and rural communities while encouraging greater cooperation across the sector.
By bringing together stakeholders from production, research, processing, policy, and industry, the event reflects the spirit of “Cotton for Good” and the importance of partnership in building a stronger, more competitive, and more sustainable cotton value chain.
Islamabad, Pakistan
October 7, 2026Organizer: Cotton Pakistan Foundation