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Drought hits cotton yield

The country is targeting to produce 270 000 metric tonnes of cotton from 180 000 hectares to be planted in the upcoming season.

THE country’s largest cotton producing company, Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco), says this year’s yield is expected to plummet by 30 percent owing to drought. This comes after the country’s cotton production increased by 67 percent to 89,6 million kilogrammes during the last 2022/23 farming season, with statistics from the Agricultural Marketing Authority (Ama) showing…

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