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Ghana aims for higher cotton production

22/07/2011

Efforts are being made to revamp cotton production in Ghana, which has fallen from nearly 40,000 tonnes in 1990 to 3,000 tonnes in 2010.

The decrease in Ghanaian cotton production is being attributed to several factors, including low procurement price, low yields, liberalisation of the cotton sector and high production costs.

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