Ivory Coast's 2023/24 cotton production will increase by about 70% compared to the previous season, which was hit by a parasite, Agriculture Minister Kobanane Koussi Adjoumani said on Wednesday.
The sector's forecast production will increase from 236,183 tonnes to 400,000 tonnes in 2022/23, Kouassi Adjoumani told a news conference.
A small green grasshopper-sized parasite called "jassoid" has affected cotton crops across West Africa and slashed production forecasts for the 2022/23 season.
The minister said that due to the parasite, the yield was only 574 kg per hectare in the last season in 2021/22 as compared to 1,400 kg per hectare.
He said sowing for 2023/24 would begin with the first rains later this month and 400,000 hectares would be planted by Ivorian farmers who typically see yields of around one tonne per hectare.
The 2023/24 farmgate price has been set at 310 CFA francs ($0.5246) per kilogram, unchanged from last year. Kouassi Adjoumani also said that the government would subsidize input costs for the new campaign.
Ivory Coast was one of Africa's leading cotton exporters before the civil war broke out in 2002. Its cotton sector has been recovering over the past decade after a decline in production due to years of political turmoil.
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