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Smallholders
Cotton producers who are not structurally dependent on permanent hired labour and who manage their farm using mainly their own and their familys labour
Smallholder-employers
as smallholder farmers who employ a significant number of hired workers, either permanently or for a specific task.
Supply Chain Component of Better Cotton System Designed to allow Better Cotton produced from farmers available to interested retailers Focus for Implementation of the Supply Chain System: Increases traceability and transparency by documenting movement of the cotton from farm to gin, and the creation of 100% Better Cotton Bale Provides potential for linking to traceability system throughout the supply chain in order to connect supply to demand
100 % Better Cotton bales to provide a marketable commodity A Better Cotton descriptor that allows for the identification of the 100 % Better Cotton bales either
physical (like bale tags) or virtual (via a database), or both
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Several implementing partners in BCI focus regions, who run BCI projects Each project one or more PU, each PU comprises a number of LGs / LE Farm assessment is done and the qualification to sell Better Cotton is granted at LG / LF level
Key Stakeholders in the Supply Chain for Better Cotton and their responsibilities
Stakeholder
Farmer/ LG
Key Stakeholders in the Supply Chain for Better Cotton and their responsibilities
Stakeholder Responsibilities in the BC Supply Chain
Ginner Storing and ginning the Better Cotton separately Ensuring bales of Better Cotton can be identified Reporting on weight of seed cotton delivered to the gin, and the weight of lint cotton ginned Working with IP, gaining the support of ginners to implement the requirements of the Supply Chain for Better Cotton Advising and working with ginners in implementing the requirements of the Supply Chain for Better Cotton Reviewing implementation of the Supply Chain for Better Cotton by ginners
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3. System verifies the license validity and quantity 4. If positive, Quantity is recorded in ginners inventory
6. Each gin site should have separate user name 7. Ginner declares the number of bales ginned and pressed 8. Tracking system validates the declaration
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9. If positive, following actions are initiated:
Each bale is assigned a UBIC Bales listed in the ginners inventory Corresponding volume is deducted from the ginners seed Cotton inventory
10. One copy of UBIC on the bale and one copy in the bale. UBICs can be preceded by BC 11. BCI members access the bale tracking system to know availability and contacts ginners for buying BC bales
Quality parameters
Data about following quality parameters to be entered for each bale or lot (not verified by BCI and is not compulsory)
Color grade Trash content Length Strength Micronaire
On selling, ginners record the sales and system removes the quantity from inventory Buyers can check UBICs to retrieve the origin of the bale
Announce receipt of seed Cotton Manage seed Cotton inventory Announce conversion of seed Cotton into bales of lint Cotton Manage bale inventory
To log in, go to http://baletracker.bettercotton.org, and type in your username and password as provided by the BCI
On first login, approve the terms and conditions of use. Tick the box I have read the terms and conditions and I agree and click OK to enter
The ginners area is composed of two parts: Transactions and Inventory. A red arrow in front of the area indicates the area you are currently in. At any time you can also log out.
Managing your seed cotton inventory Click on Transactions. The screen shows a list of all your transactions in the Better Cotton bale tracking system. Each entry of seed cotton received is a line item.
Withdrawal window
System shows the maximum bales you can create. You can reduce the number, if wanted
Announcing sale
In the default view of inventory, the removed bales are not visible
SUPPORT
If you need any support with using the Better Cotton bale tracking system, please contact