Cotton production rises 16 percent

Zachariah Kuyo, a farmer at Bura Irrigation Scheme in Tana River, tends to his cotton crop. PHOTO | POOL

Kenya’s cotton production increased 16 percent last year on better quality seed, a new report showed.

Data by the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) shows that cotton production increased from 3,015 tonnes in 2019 to 3,495 tonnes last year despite a 45 percent drop in the area under crop.

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