Cotton for Sustainability: Livelihoods, Value Addition and Partnership.
Cotton value addition involves transforming raw cotton fiber and plant by-products into higher-value commercial goods across the supply chain, increasing profitability, creating jobs, and reducing waste. The Pathways for Cotton Value Addition are: Fiber Processing & Textiles : Transforming raw ginned lint into spun yarn, woven or knitted fabrics, and finished garments (such as t-shirts, towels, and denim). Specialty processing like mercerizing (double-treating thread like DMC Stranded Cotton to boost strength and sheen) or manufacturing quilted wadding like Legacy 100% Cotton Wadding with Scrim available at Spotlight . Seed Utilization : Crushing cotton seeds to produce edible cooking oils and high-protein animal feed or protein meals. Using hulls and other seed fractions as livestock nutrition and energy sources. By-Product & Waste Stream Innovation : Converting gin trash (waste left after ginning) into high-value industrial chemicals & Repurposing cotton residues and w...