Cotton farmers plan to produce 50 000MT – The Nation Online

Cotton farmers plan to produce 50 000MT – The Nation Online: Cotton farmers target to produce 50 000 metric tonnes (MT) of the crop in the 2019/20 growing season, a jump from last year’s 7 000MT.

The sector could generate K2 billion

Is Malawi cotton on road to Burkina Faso? – The Nation Online

Is Malawi cotton on road to Burkina Faso? – The Nation Online: Is Malawi cotton on road to Burkina Faso?
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Malawi’s cotton once rose to a record production of 100 000 metric tonnes (MT) per year some seven years ago. But with a growing demand for the crop, the country’s production has dwindled ten-fold from where it was in 2012.� With new varieties of biotechnology (Bt) cotton seeds due for release this November for commercial cultivation, Malawi has a chance to go back to glorious days of bumper yields, only if government does what is right.� Our news Analyst SUZGO CHITETE writes

Admarc invests K800m in cotton production - The Nation Online

Admarc invests K800m in cotton production - The Nation Online: State produce trader Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) has invested about K800 million in cotton irrigation farming in Chikwawa to increase output and boost the cotton industry.

Production of cotton, Malawi’s number four foreign exchange earner after tobacco, tea and sugar, has over the years been decreasing due to what experts say is lack of sustainable input supply system arising from lack of financial support to farmers due to loan defaults.

Cotton spared from dry spell impact—Aicc - The Nation Online

Cotton spared from dry spell impact—Aicc - The Nation Online:



Cotton spared from dry spell impact—

Aicc

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While output of other crops will be affected by dry spells that have hit some parts of the country,

players in the cotton sector say there will be little or no impact at all on the crop.

For the past few weeks, the country has received little or no rain in some of the parts, a

development expected to impact output of maize, tobacco and other crops.

But African Institute of Corporate Citizenship (Aicc) chief executive officer Felix Lombe said on

Tuesday that the likely damage to the cotton crop as per their assessment is not significant.





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Malawi’s cotton ban slows Chipata-Mchinji rail use

By Andrew Lungu -

THE move by the Malawian Government to ban importation of cotton from Zambia has led to less usage of the Chipata-Mchinji rail line.
This came to light when a team of Zambian journalists led by Malawian High Commissioner to Zambia Davide Banda toured the rail line last week during commemoration of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Day.
Central and East African Rail (CEAR) civil engineer Paul Madula said the project had recorded less activities on the Malawian side from the time the Malawian Government last year banned the importation of cotton from Zambia.

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