Regions

Büyük Menderes River Basin

Partner Organizations

• IKEA
• H&M
• WWF-Türkiye
• Cotton Water Stewardship Committee
• Better Cotton Initiative
• dye-houses in the basin
• Souther Aegeon Development Agency (GEKA)

Regenerative practices in scope

Improved water management

Risks associated with the Landscape

Water stress

Monitored or published results/outcomes

One farm (15.5 ha) achieved annual water savings about 58000 m3 and 60% reduction in water use via modern irrigation; expected 50% water savings and 20% input cost savings and 10 kg yield increase per ha.

Number of farmers engaged

17

Number of farms engaged

Not disclosed

Number of hectares under management

95

Additional information:

The basin supports approximately 2.5 million people and operates under Better Cotton certification.

Information about monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) approach:

Regular monitoring of Better Cotton farms; WWF-Türkiye Regenerative Scorecard updated to benchmark ecological enhancement levels

Incentives and value creation model:

Ecosystem services