Zimbabwe: Cotton Update

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For the 2015/16 MY, post forecasts a moderate increase of ten percent to 210,000 hectares in seed cotton area planted in Zimbabwe, mainly due to ginners and merchants’ anticipation of increased funding levels for contract cotton production. Seed cotton production is forecasted to increase by 40 percent to 126,000 MT in the 2015/16 MY, due to the increase in area planted and the recovery in yield levels after the drought conditions in the 2014/15 MY. Seed cotton production declined by 34 percent from 136,000 MT in the 2013/14 MY, to 90,000 MT in the 2014/15 MY, due to the drought conditions. 

Zimbabwe: Cotton Update

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