Social, Economic and Environmental Impact Assessment of Cotton
Social, Economic & Environmental Impact Assessment of Cotton Farming in Madhya Pradesh THOMAS DE HOOP, JAMIE MCPIKE, SRINIVASAN VASUDEVAN, CHINMAYA UDAYAKUMAR HOLLA, MAHIMA TANEJA AND THINKSTEP INDIA (DR. RAJESH SINGH, RITESH AGRAWAL, ULRIKE BOS, HIRANMAYEE KANEKAR) OTHER CONTRIBUTORS: AISALKYN BOTOEVA, OLATUNDE OLATUNJI, APOORVA BHATNAGAR AND PRATYUSH DWIVEDI Social, Economic & Environmental Impact Assessment of Cotton Farming in Madhya Pradesh STUDY COMMISSIONED BY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would like to acknowledge the contributions of several organizations that were critical to the successful completion of this study and this final report. September 2018 Specifically, this study would not have been possible without the generous support of the C&A Foundation Authors: Thomas de Hoop, Jamie McPike, Srinivasan and the guidance of Foundation staff and the study’s Vasudevan, Chinmaya Udayakumar Holla, Mahima Steering Committee (comprised of diverse experts Taneja, and Thinkstep India (Dr. Rajesh Singh, from the sustainable cotton sector) throughout the Ritesh Agrawal, Ulrike Bos, Hiranmayee Kanekar) process. We would like to thank researchers at the American Institutes for Research and Thinkstep India Other Contributors: Aisalkyn Botoeva, Olatunde Olatunji, for their empirical contributions to this report. AIR Apoorva Bhatnagar, and Pratyush Dwivedi was responsible for leading the social and economic Critical Review Panel Members (Life Cycle Assessment) study of cotton farmers for this study (and drafting these sections of the report) and Thinkstep India was Review Panel Chair (Life Cycle Assessment) responsible for the environmental assessment of cotton Mr. Matthias Fischer farming for this study (and for drafting these sections Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics of the report). Outline India was also critical for the Panel Members (Life Cycle Assessment) completion of this study; their team not only led the collection of data in the field, but also contributed to Dr.
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