About Us

PDST is a family owned enterprise managed by a third generation cotton farmer in Madhya Pradesh region of India. In fact we are largest sustainable cotton producer and procurer in Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, working with as many as 2500 farming families, helping them sustains the health of soils, ecosystems and people by using natural processes rather than artificial inputs and avoiding use of toxic chemicals.

At PDST we combines tradition, innovation and science to benefit the shared environment and promote a good quality of life for all involved.


Sustainable Agriculture

Farmer's Training

Organic farming combines tradition, innovation and science and promotes fair relationships and a good quality of life for everyone involved.

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Economic Benifit

Sustainable farming methods, farmers greatly reduces farmers reliance on government subsidies and strengthens rural communities.

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Social Impact

Farmers often belong to organic cotton organised groups that are there to offer guidance and community support.

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Certification Process

Organic cotton certification tracks the identity and use of organic cotton through a series of certificates.

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Enivronment Benifit

Sustainable farming practices work with the local environment, not against it.


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Harnessing a tradition of farming

Serving cotton growing community for a larger role

What Does Sustainable Agriculture Practices Means?

Sustainable agriculture can be understood as an ecosystem approach to agriculture. Practices that can cause long-term damage to soil include excessive tilling of the soil (leading to erosion) and irrigation without adequate drainage (leading to salinisation). Long-term experiments have provided some of the best data on how various practices affect soil properties essential to sustainability.

The most important factors for an individual site are climate, soil, nutrients, and water. Of the four, water and soil quality and quantity are most amenable to human intervention through time and labor. When farmers grow and harvest crops, they remove some nutrients from the soil. Without replenishment, land suffers from nutrient depletion and becomes either unusable or suffers from reduced yields. Sustainable agriculture depends on replenishing the soil while minimizing the use or need of non-renewable resources, such as natural gas (used in converting atmospheric nitrogen into synthetic fertilizer), or mineral ores (e.g., phosphate).

Sustainable farming is a growing practice that is vital to the health and welfare of our planet. While modern industrial agriculture is highly productive and can produce a massive amount of plants within a harvest season, it also introduces many damaging and long-term problems that can only be solved through sustainable practices.

Land Preparation

LAND LEVELLING

Land levelling is a process of flattening or modifying existing slopes or undulations rather than necessarily creating a level surface as the name may imply.
  • Benifit:
  • Improved crop establishment, even water coverage of the field, even crop stand and maturation,
  • Reduction of weeds by up to 40 % (thereby a 75 % decrease of labour required for weeding),
  • Increase of farming area by 5-7 %,
  • Reduction of farm operation times by 10-15 %.
  • Average yield increase of 10- 20 %
  • Leveling reduces the time needed for transplanting and for direct seeding.
  • Good leveling may reduce total water requirement to grow the crop by up to 10%

Conservation Tilage

Conservation tillage is a practice of reducing soil disturbance and allowing crop residue or stubble to remain on the ground or to be incorporated into the soil. Conservation tillage is any tillage practice that retains enough of the previous crop residue, such that 30 percent of the soil is covered after planting
  • Benifit:
  • Crop residue on fields acts as a mulch to protect soil from erosion
  • Promotes soil productivity by feeding the biology which increases the soil's organic matter
  • Stable soil aggregated increases soil absorbency and infiltration rates, while fostering root establishment and growth.
  • Reduce soil erosion and agricultural runoff.
  • Promotes water conservation by reducing evaporation, which is important for areas affected by severe drought.
  • Less time and resource intensive, which improves overall cost effectiveness of farmer.

Planting Stage

PLANTING DATE

Description: Planting date management is a very important step and the optimal planting date would help achieve early fruit set, establish strong fruit retention, and make the most of the primary fruiting cycle. Achieving earliness in a cotton crop is also important for insect management considerations, and to minimize exposure of the primary fruiting cycle to the hot, humid monsoon weather which increases fruit loss and abortion.

Benefits: Selection of planting date has a profound impact on crop yield.

SEED SELECTION

Description: Seed selection is a very important step in cultivation and crop varieties are developed to be more drought tolerant, resistant to water logging, tolerant to salinity, resistant to pests, etc.

Benefits: A suitable crop variety can impact the overall water footprint in multiple ways such as reducing transpiration without lowering the yield and stabilising the yield despite adverse conditions that can lead to reduction in crop yield.

CROP ROTATION

Description: Crop rotation is the practice of growing a series of dissimilar or different types of crops in the same area in sequenced seasons. As a general guidance an annual rotation of crops with different root systems is recommended.

Benefits: Crop rotation reduces soil erosion, increases soil fertility, helps pests control and improves crop yield. It is a good practice that can either reduce, or at least maintain the current level of the grey water footprint of crop production because of

INTERCROPPING ​

Description: Intercropping is a practice of growing two or more crops simultaneously on the same piece of land. Types of intercropping are, in general: mixed intercropping, row intercropping, strip intercropping, and relay intercropping.

Benefits: As an alternative to monoculture, intercropping can improve soil moisture retention and reduce unproductive evaporation due to increased soil cover resulting in water footprint reduction. It provides crop residue (green manure) that can be incorporated into the soil to improve soil nutrients and build a favourable soil structure. It may reduce pesticide use due to suppressing weeds and controlling pests. If Nitrogen-fixing plants are used, less fertilisers will be needed.

Growing Stage

Irrigation Technology and Strategy and its Impact at Growing Stage

Subsurface drip irrigation is where a low- pressure, high efficiency irrigation system uses buried drip tubes or drip tape to meet crop water needs at the soil-root interface itself.

Products We Offer

 

WE OFFER CONVENTIONAL COTTON

  1. SHANKAR 6
    • STAPLE LENGTH: 27.5 - 29.5 mm
    • MICRONAIRE: 3.5-4.9
    • STRENGTH: 28 GPT(HVI)
  2. MECH 1
    • STAPLE LENGTH: 27.5 - 29.5 mm
    • MICRONAIRE: 3.3-4.9
    • STRENGTH: 28 GPT(HVTI)
  3. MCU 5
    • STAPLE LENGTH: 32 - 34 mm
    • MICRONAIRE: 3.2-4.7
    • STRENGTH: 30 GPT(HVTI)
  4. J 34
    • STAPLE LENGTH: 24 - 27 mm
    • MICRONAIRE: 3.0 - 4.9
    • STRENGTH: 26 GPT(HVTI)
  5. V 797
    • STAPLE LENGTH: 20 - 23 mm
    • MICRONAIRE: 4.5 - 6.0
    • STRENGTH: 22 GPT(HVTI)
  6. DCH 32
    • STAPLE LENGTH: 32 - 36 mm
    • MICRONAIRE: 3.0 - 4.2
    • STRENGTH: 32-39 GPT(HVI)

 

But We Love To Offer Sustainable Cotton

 
 

HOW ORGANIC CERTIFICATION WORKS

FARM
CERTIFICATE

Farm Certificate ensures that cotton purchased meets organic farming standards.

SCOPE
CERTIFICATE

Scope Certificate ensures that the company is qualified to produce organic cotton.

TRANSACTION
CERTIFICATE

Transaction Certificate tracks the organic cotton passed from one hand to another.

Why Source Sustainable Cotton ?

 

Enivronment Benifits

By adopting sustainable practices, farmers will reduce their reliance on nonrenewable energy, reduce chemical use and save scarce resources. Keeping the land healthy and replenished can go a long way when considering the rising population and demand for food. This helps to replenish land and other resources like soil, water, and air to make them sufficiently available for the coming generations. sustainable agriculture also increases biodiversity of the area by providing a variety of organisms with healthy and natural environments to live in.

Social And Economic Benifits

When sustainable agriculture is practiced workers are offered competitive salaries and benefits. They are treated with humanity; provided with safe work environment, food and proper living conditions. Growing sustainable cotton encourage women participation and they are not exposed to toxic chemicals in the field or through their food and water supply. It also means farmers grow more than one crop which supplements their food and income. Not only does sustainable farming build healthy soil, but it helps combat serious soil and land issues, such as erosion.

 

WHAT IS BETTER COTTON INITIATIVE (BCI) ?

WHY CHOOSE BETTER COTTON ?

WHY WE PREFER GOTS CERTIFIED ORGANIC COTTON ?

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