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Heavy rains seen slashing Uganda 2019/2020 cotton crop by a third

Heavy rains that pummelled Uganda and the wider east African region in the third quarter of last year are expected to cut the country’s 2019/2020 cotton output by a third, state-run sector regulator Cotton Development Organisation (CDO) said on Monday.

Cotton is one of Uganda’s major cash crops alongside coffee and tea and is an important source of foreign exchange.

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