{"id":1105,"date":"2020-06-30T08:47:03","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T13:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/?post_type=analyses&#038;p=1105"},"modified":"2022-01-05T14:02:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T20:02:59","slug":"global-market-report-cotton","status":"publish","type":"analyses","link":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/publications\/global-market-report-cotton\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Market Report: Cotton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-md-8 col-sm-8 col-xs-12 overviewbox-left main\">\n<div class=\"region region-content\">\n<div id=\"block-system-main\" class=\"block block-system\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div id=\"node-17557\" class=\"node node-publication node-promoted node-full clearfix\">\n<div class=\"content clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>Cotton is the most widely used natural fibre in textiles, accounting for one third of total fibres manufactured worldwide. The sector faces a variety of sustainability issues, such as low farm prices, often due to unfavourable trade terms, excessive water consumption, pesticide use, and the use of forced labour.\u00a0Cotton producers are increasingly using voluntary sustainability standards to address the sector\u2019s sustainability challenges.<\/p>\n<p>This report is the seventh in IISD\u2019s\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/market-coverage\/\">Sustainable Commodities Marketplace Series<\/a><\/em>, which presents market information and analysis on agricultural commodities to foster transparency, knowledge, and strategic decision making for sustainable development.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/system\/files\/publications\/ssi-global-market-report-cotton.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cotton is the most widely used natural fibre in textiles, but the sector faces a variety of sustainability challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":482,"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-1105","analyses","type-analyses","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","analyses-category-commodity-reports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication\/1105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/analyses"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}