Organic cotton

This institution determines the allowed practices for pest control, growing, fertilizing, and handling of organic crops.

[3] As of 2007[update], 265,517 bales of organic cotton were produced in 24 countries and worldwide production was growing at a rate of more than 50% per year.

[4][7] Environmental consequences of the elevated use of chemicals in the non-organic cotton growing methods include the following: As is the case for any comparison between organic and "conventional" crops, care must be taken to standardise by yield rather than land area.

[14] Fields converted from conventional use to organic cotton must be tested to assure no residual pesticide with a transition period of 2–3 years in this process.

[15] In some cases, companies have taken to testing for pesticide residual of fiber or fabric themselves to assure cheating does not occur on the part of the farmers or farm coops.