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Regen cotton farmers surge in India, Tanzania

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Independent audits confirm 42,000 smallholders now meet the Regenerative Cotton Standard, with Tanzania numbers rising by 88% in a year

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HAMBURG — The Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF) has announced that more than 42,000 smallholders across India and Tanzania are now growing cotton under its Regenerative Cotton Standard® (RCS), following the successful completion of the latest round of independent third-party verifications.

Around 5,000 farmers in the Indian state of Maharashtra and approximately 37,000 in Tanzania have received RCS certification, with all verified farmers able to offer fully traceable cotton — from field to finished product — through AbTF's tracking system.

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