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This free course was written by Lorena Lombardozzi, Carol Patrick and Cristina Santos. It was first published in November 2019.

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Figure 4: Source: US Department of Agriculture. n.d. Cotton production by country worldwide in 2017/2018 (in 1,000 metric tons). Statista. Accessed June 28, 2019. Available from https://www.statista.com/statistics/263055/cotton-production-worldwide-by-top-countries/.

Figure 5: Source; Rieple, A. and Singh, R. (2010) “A value chain analysis of the organic cotton industry: The case of UK retailers and Indian suppliers.” Ecological Economics, Volume 69, Issue 11, pp. 2292-2302. Trade Map, International Trade Centre, https://www.trademap.org

Figure 6: Source; Rieple, A. and Singh, R. (2010) “A value chain analysis of the organic cotton industry: The case of UK retailers and Indian suppliers.” Ecological Economics, Volume 69, Issue 11, pp. 2292-2302. Trade Map, International Trade Centre, https://www.trademap.org.

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