Cotton is the worlds oldest crop. Cotton is produced mostly by China, India and the USA. Cotton is vital for survival of many low countries such as: Central and West Asia and Africa.

Cotton farmers work in developing countries such as India and China. There are 100 million households engaged with cotton and there are an estimated 300 million people who work in the cotton industry. For farmers, the challenges range from climate change to getting a fair amount of money for their cotton.  Fairtrade cotton was launched to put the attention on cotton farmers who were often left unknown.  60% of cotton around the world is produced by people who are small farmers and often the worlds poorest people. Fair trade works with more than 66,000 farmers in some of the worlds poorest countries.

I hope this has encouraged you to start buying fair trade.

By Declan and Lewis

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