MALI: Cotton output expected to decline by 27 percent
[Oct 08, 2007] Cotton output in Mali is expected to go down by more than a quarter to 303,647 tonnes this season due to late rains. Mali may no longer remain the leading producer in West Africa. Cotton farmers are already struggling with tumbling world prices, exacerbated by
MALI: Cotton growers struggle against poverty
MEM [Apr 04, 2006] Mali, is struggling to renovate its labor-intensive cotton sector to keep growers out of poverty. Cotton growers get as little as 160 West African CFA francs per kilogram of cotton - about 30 cents...
MALI: President Toure invites Chinese enterprises
[Jul 19, 2004] Amadou Toumany Toure, president of Mali, has invited the cotton textile enterprises in South China's Guangdong Province to run business in his country...
MALI: Rise In Cotton Production
MEM [Feb 06, 2004] Mali is estimated to overtake Egypt as Africa's top cotton producer. The cotton production in the country is estimated to be up...
MALI: Liberalisation Of Cotton Sector
MEM [Feb 04, 2004] Mali’s cotton sector provides a livelihood for more than 3m Malians and accounts for about 15 percent of GDP...