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Mali to increase cotton ouput

Major African cotton producer Mali expects to increase its output to 1 million tonne annually within next two to three years as it plans to introduce new cotton varieties to boost yields. The country is targeting a record 2019/20 cotton crop of 800,000 tonne this year which is expected to make it the top producer in Africa, edging out rival Burkina Faso.

The so-called “Cotton 4” African producers - Mali, Chad, Benin and Burkina Faso - are meeting with other member states at the World Trade Organization in Geneva this week to discuss measures to promote trade. One of the key topics they hope to address is the reduction or removal of billions of dollars of state subsidies which they say create an uneven playing field for exporters.

The United States and Brazil are the world’s top exporters of cotton, with C4 countries together ranking in fifth position with about 1 million tonne in annual export. But proportionally cotton is a bigger contributor to African producers’ budgets and they are also taking steps to encourage more investment in creating African textiles, rather than just exporting raw cotton.

 
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