A kilogram of cotton will be sold for CFA300, as was decided in April this year.
Despite having been taken over by Singapore’s food and agri-business enterprise Olam, Togo’s cotton industry still struggles, a report in a Togolese newspaper said.
According to the ministry of agriculture, the country produced 50,463 tonnes of cotton in the 2021-22 season. This was far behind the expected output of 130,000 tonnes and even lower than the 66,000 tonnes produced in the season before.
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