criteria? Water management practices are 2.1 General Training & awareness adopted that optimise water use What management practices are being raising material for (applicable to both rain fed and implemented? Please give specific examples facilitators and farmers irrigated cotton). How do you conserve soil moisture for as long Best practices as possible? Water use records What type of training is provided to farmers? Rain-fed How do you make optimal use of rainfall in the PU? Irrigated What techniques are being used to maximise the efficiency of irrigation systems used by farmers? What records are being kept on irrigation? The use and conversion of land to 4.2 What are the legal requirements regarding land National legislation grow cotton conforms with national use/converting native land into farming land in Training & awareness legislation related to agricultural land your region? raising material for use. How do you keep up to date with the legal facilitators and farmers requirements? How do you ensure that cotton is only grown according to legislation? Seed cotton is harvested, managed 5.2 What management practices are being Training & awareness and stored to minimise trash, implemented to minimise trash, contamination raising material for contamination and damage. and damage? facilitators and Who is being trained on these practices farmers/workers (farmers only, cotton picker, etc.)? Best practices Smallholders (including tenants, 6.1 Is sharecropping or other forms of land PU internal policies and sharecroppers and other categories) arrangements common in the Producer Unit? procedures have the right on a voluntary basis to In the positive, are they also free to join establish and develop organisations organisations representing their interests?
criteria? 2.1 Water management practices are adopted that optimise water use (applicable to both rain fed and irrigated cotton). General What management practices are being implemented? Please give specific examples How do you conserve soil moisture for as long as possible? What type of training is provided to farmers? Rain-fed How do you make optimal use of rainfall in the PU? Irrigated What techniques are being used to maximise the efficiency of irrigation systems used by farmers? What records are being kept on irrigation? Training & awareness raising material for facilitators and farmers Best practices Water use records 4.2 The use and conversion of land to grow cotton conforms with national legislation related to agricultural land use. What are the legal requirements regarding land use/converting native land into farming land in your region? How do you keep up to date with the legal requirements? How do you ensure that cotton is only grown according to legislation? National legislation Training & awareness raising material for facilitators and farmers 5.2 Seed cotton is harvested, managed and stored to minimise trash, contamination and damage. What management practices are being implemented to minimise trash, contamination and damage? Who is being trained on these practices (farmers only, cotton picker, etc.)? Training & awareness raising material for facilitators and farmers/workers Best practices 6.1 Smallholders (including tenants, sharecroppers and other categories) have the right on a voluntary basis to establish and develop organisations Is sharecropping or other forms of land arrangements common in the Producer Unit? In the positive, are they also free to join organisations representing their interests? PU internal policies and procedures
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