A value chain analysis of the organic cotton industry: The case of UK retailers and Indian suppliers

Alison Rieple and Rajbir Singh

Ecological Economics, 2010, vol. 69, issue 11, 2292-2302

Abstract: This paper analyses the different activities within the value chain of organic cotton production in India to understand where, and how, value is added at each stage. Transforming a cotton crop into a textile and then into a final item of clothing involves many stages of processing, using many skills and technologies. We examine the activities and the prices achieved at each stage of this chain, from the farming of the cotton crop to its eventual sale in clothes' retailers.

Keywords: Fashion; industry; Organic; cotton; Value; chain; analysis; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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