What is the difference between Kala Organic Cotton and BT cotton?
Kala Cotton of Kachchh is the original pure Old World cotton of India. Khamir's Kala Cotton Initiative encourages sustainable cotton textile production in harmony with the local ecology. This crop is organic, rain-fed, has a high tolerance for both disease and pests, and requires minimal investment. It is both resilient and resurgent in the face of stressful land conditions, which in turn helps it form a strong, coarse, stretchable fibre that is often used in denim. Bt cotton, on the other hand, is a genetically modified organism (GMO) or genetically modified pest-resistant plant cotton variety, which produces an insecticide to combat bollworm. It disrupts the natural process of gene flow. The pests become resistant to the toxins produced by these crops resulting in a decline of crop production. Learn more about Kachchh's Kala Cotton in this blog.