June 9, 2020

Tanzania to More Than Double Cotton Output by 2025

Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala Tanzania plans to more than double cotton production in five years as farmers increase cultivation, encouraged by higher prices for the fiber, Minister of (...)

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January 1, 2020

African countries to benefit from PU clean cotton technology

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November 23, 2020

Olam International acquires 51% stake in Togo's state-owned cotton company for $24.4 mil

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October 29, 2019

Afreximbank announces cotton initiative

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) recently launched an African Cotton Initiative (AFRICOTIN) to help catalyse the African cotton sector, according to Kanayo Awani, managing director (...)

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March 25, 2021

Africa's leading cotton producer Benin builds on Chinese machinery expertise

Source: Xinhua COTONOU, March 24 (Xinhua) -- About 225 agricultural operators in Benin on Tuesday began a one-month training session on Chinese expertise in farm machinery (...)

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September 8, 2020

Benin Farmers Back President’s Re-Election Amid Cotton Bonanza

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March 12, 2020

WTO – Cotton at heart of trade negotiation challenges

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June 17, 2020

As Mali fights coronavirus, cotton farmers fear loss of climate aid

Soumaila DiarraBAMAKO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For years, Mali’s government has helped Yacouba Kone pay for the fertilizer he uses on his cotton crop - (...)

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March 26, 2021

Mali 2020 cotton harvest slumps 79% year-on-year, prime minister says

BAMAKO, March 25 (Reuters) – Mali’s cotton harvest in 2020 tumbled nearly 79% year-on-year to 147,200 tonnes partly because of a pandemic-induced price slump that (...)

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September 25, 2020

Mali: cotton cultivation down 75% for the current campaign

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