ASHENEWS reports that the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari says that the federal government will partner with the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) and other stakeholders to revive the country’s cotton sub-sector in Nigeria.
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Uganda’s lost glory as one of Africa’s top producers of the ’white-gold’ (cotton) in the 1950s-70s, is slowly being regained with farmers already reaping over 2,000 metric tons, hardly a year after engaging in the revival. The country’s central region is leading the revival, [which ironically wasn’t growing much cotton then]. Uganda has two cotton planting seasons in a year.
Dr Rose Gidado, Country Coordinator of Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB), has recommended cotton hybrids incorporated with the BGII…
The North-East Commodity Association (NECAS) says it is targetting 20 hectares of cotton production and has mobilised nearly 10, 000…