White gold gamble: Togo turns to private sector for cotton revival
White gold gamble: Togo turns to private sector for cotton revival Many farmers switched to corn and soy as the NSCT lowered the price for a kilogram of raw cotton. Contributor Friday, 02 July 2021, 07:11 Harvest time: Togo and Benin are looking to cotton to create jobs in their agriculture-dependent economies. AGRICULTURE NEWS - In a bold but contested strategy, the West African state of Togo has bet heavily on the private sector to revive its struggling cotton industry. "White gold," as cotton is sometimes called,...
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