India’s cotton cultivation is the most water-intensive in the world. Comparatively, more than 100 million people in the country do not have access to clean, safe water supplies. The water consumed to grow India’s cotton exports in 2013 alone would have been enough to supply 85% of the entire country’s population with 100 liters of water every day for a year. Cotton cultivation practices, which rely heavily on pesticide and fertilizer use, compound the intensities of water usage. The societal role of women is also at stake because female cotton farmers are predominant in India, and they are extremely vulnerable to climate change impacts.