Transcript Cheng Tai – Li Jiao - Better Cotton Initiative

To Create Win-win Space of
Sustainability
——Implementations of Better Cotton
in Bazhou Taichang Agricultural
Development Co., Ltd
Speaker：Li Jiao
Xinjiang Taichang Business Co., Ltd
1. Geographic Location: Xinjiang Korla economic and
technological development zone
2. Economic Entities:
• Bazhou TaiChang Agricultural Development Co., Ltd
（with 6,700Ha Cotton planting region）
• Xinjiang XinPei Advanced Materials Co., Ltd（industrial
silicon）
• Cotton Spinning Mill（135,000 spindles）
• Cotton Pulp Factory（annual capacity of 150,000 tons）
• Waste Heat Power Plant（31,000 kilowatt-hour）
• Cotton Seed Delinting Mill（150,000 tons per year）
• Two Cotton Ginning Mills（600,000 loads per year）
• Seed Company
• Cotton Spinning Mill
• Cotton Pulp Factory
• Heat Power Plant
• Industrial Silicon
Company
• 6,700 Ha fertile Cotton
Fields of Taichang
• Cotton Ginning Mill
with 50,000 tons
annual capacity
6,700 Ha fertile Cotton Fields of Bazhou
Taichang Farm
• Located in Xiaotang area, Yuli County, Koler City,
Xinjiang, upstream of Tarim river
• Irrigation resource: snow melted water from Altun
mountains
• Advantage for cotton farming: fertile soil, good
temperature and long time sunshine, long non-frost
period, less wind, no rainstorm, no mining industry
and pollution
• Surroundings: natural populus forest, thousands
hectare licorice root
Experience Sharing of BCI Project
in Bazhou TaiChang Farm
1. Scale and industrialization construction of
cotton cultivation, cotton ginning and spinning
Introduction of Bazhou TaiChang Farm
• Till now the total investment has been RMB 280 millions
• With large agricultural modernization production
conditions
• Contracting System Management: To distribute water and
power rationally to protect benefits of farmers
• Humanized Management: The rent collection rule of
October is made each year in August based on the real
growth of cotton, which put “Farmers’ interests first” and
“Farm’s interests follow ”
• Be able to offer jobs: 5,500 longterm workers and
temporary workers
• Corporate annual profits reach to 450 millions
Introduction of Bazhou TaiChang Farm
• Planting area of Better Cotton is 4,100 Ha and the
average annual yield is 5,550 Kg/Ha
• Annual seeds cotton production is 22,843 tons and lint
cotton is 9,200 tons
2. The achievement since joining BCI
Ⅰ Pest Control and Health Protection
• Strictly control the use range of pesticides
• Supervise self-protection of peasants during crop-spraying
2. The achievement since joining BCI
Ⅱ Decent Work
• Farm invested 12 millions in repairing and improving living
conditions, such as housing, lavatory and road
• The original average monthly wage range was RMB1800-2000,
and now is RMB 2500-3000
• Having improved treatment to cotton pickers, pay travel
expenses for inland pickers
• Having invested RMB100,000 to have access to clean and safe
tap water from Lun nan Town
• The learning consciousness and planting level of farmers and
workers have been improved. Relationship among farmers and
workers, between farmers, workers and farm are close. They pay
attention to the development prospect of farm.
2. The achievement since joining BCI
• Office Space of
Taichang Farm
• Housing for farmers
and workers in
Taichang Farm
2. The achievement since joining BCI
• Drinking Water and Clean Water for farmers
and workers in Taichang Farm
• Facilities for the
Convenience of
Urban Residents
2. The achievement since joining BCI
Ⅲ Rational Utilization of Water
• Hydraulic and electrical facilities
2. The achievement since joining BCI
Ⅲ Rational Utilization of Water
• Water-saving
irrigation
system
2. The achievement since joining BCI
Ⅳ Soil Health and Surrounding ecological protection
• Farm acts according to circumstances, including growing windbreak to
prevent wind and fix sand; growing 18,000 Mu liquorice to prevent
continuous plow and cropping, paying attention to eco-construction
2. The achievement since joining BCI
Ⅴ Picking and Process of
Better Cotton
• Strictly control “contamination”
from picking; stowing in block;
with special-assigned person to
supervise
2. The achievement since joining BCI
Ⅵ Training and Study
Milestone of BCI Project in Taichang
1、Be BCI register member in March 2013
Milestone of BCI Project in Taichang
2、Passed 2nd Credibility Check on 20th June 2013
Milestone of BCI Project in Taichang
3、Passed 3rd Party Verifications on 28th Aug 2013
Milestone of BCI Project in Taichang
4、Having been certified by BCI on 8th Oct 2013
Milestone of BCI Project in Taichang
5、Having passed BCI review on 22th Oct 2013
Milestone of BCI Project in Taichang
6、Begun with picking up and processing Better
Cotton in Sep 2013 with 22,200 tons of seeds
cotton and 8,900 tons of lint cotton.
BCI Project Planning of
Taichang Business
Fully achieve 44 Better Cotton
criteria at the end of 2015.
• The Planting area will reach 85,000 Ha in 2015, and
the annual yield is expected to 5850 Kg/Ha, total seeds cotton
50,000 tons and lint cotton 20,000 tons
• The cotton planting area in Tajikistan is expected to about 13,000 Ha in
the second half of 2014. And, Taichang planning to build a ginning mill
will 3 production, spinning mill and fabric mill, it will be a integrated
cotton large-scale value chain
• Jinhui Logistic Ltd is a certificated state reserve warehouse by CNCRC
which initiated by local farmer and hold by Taichang, meanwhile, they
are the delivery warehouse of CNCE. Jinhui
have 400,000MT storage capacity.
BCI Project Planning of Taichang Business
• 100% rate of in-service trained personnel among
farmers and workers
• Cotton straw to soil and 100% recovery rate of
remains film
• Better ecological environment
around cotton fields
• Decent work and happy work
of farmers and workers
Open up new situation for cotton farming,
processing and sell——what we gain from BCI
• 1、Improved cotton farmer livelihood and increase
the income, improved the economic conditions of
cotton farmer and workers
• 2、Using water more efficiency, improved the soil
healthy, protected the living environment, bring
long-term interests for farmer, worker, cotton
farmer group and environment.
Open up new situation for cotton farming,
processing and sell——what we gain from BCI
• 3、Driving scientific farming, extremely decreased
the harmful impact of all the crop protection method.
• 4、Provide high quality cotton to downstream
industry and produce more responsible product.
Thank you