Niassa Province: More Farmers to grow cotton.

Producers planning to grow cotton during the 2022–2023 agrarian campaign have increased their demand for cotton seed, according to Niassa, which began tracking this demand last Monday.

So far, the organization Sociedade Algodoeira do Niassa, which promotes this cash crop, has sold seed to at least ten thousand new producers.

Manuel Delgado, General Director of Sociedade Algodoeira do Niassa, believes that the high price of this crop is what motivates these producers.Sociedade Algodoeira do Niassa will have about 50,000 cotton producers as a result.

Manuel Delgado, the director general of Sociedade Algodoeira do Niassa, stated that 15,000 tons of cotton production are anticipated ,five more tons from the previous harvest.