Initiated three years prior, the initiative was established to assist smallholder farmers in Benin to make the switch to organic cotton farming under the Cotton made in Africa Organic (CmiA ...

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Mali, Africa’s biggest cotton producer, plans to invest in clean energy and tackle issues like child labor and soil health to make its output more competitive in the European market. More than ...

To feed “King Cotton,” more than a million African Americans were carried off into the Deep South. That’s two and a half times the number that were brought to the United States from Africa.

Cotton farmers earn significantly less than those growing other crops. Cotton is priced between Shs1,500 and Shs1,800 per kilogramme, while coffee can fetch around Shs15,000 per kilogramme.

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He also said that extension officers are actively educating farmers on the benefits of cotton farming. The PS announced the distribution of 7 tonnes of free cotton seeds worth Sh40 million to farmers.