Higher prices and government fertiliser subsidies could help Mali meet ambitious cotton production targets next season after it missed output goals this year, the Malian Company for the Development of Textiles (CMDT) said on Wednesday. West Africa's biggest cotton producer aims to increase cotton output to 750,000-800,000 tonnes this season after it dropped last season to 513,553 tonnes because late rain damaged the crop, according to CMDT.
"We think that with the support of the government on cotton growing added to input subsidies and this attractive price, we're doing all we can to reach a better result which meets our targets," the head of CMDT, Modibo Kone, told national radio.