Malawi: Climate Change Affecting Cotton Production
Climate change has been pointed out as one of the challenge affecting cotton production in the country.
One of the farmers who grow cotton on a larger scale from Traditional Authority Chanthunya in Balaka, Dymex Funsani told Malawi News Agency on Monday that the crop has now been heavily hit by the dry spell, affecting their investments in turn.
"I normally plan on how much I am going to invest into cotton each and every season from seed, pesticides, fertiliser as well as labour for people who weed the field as cotton needs frequent weeding," she explained.
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