Burkina Faso Cotton Growers to Negotiate on Prices, Fertilizers

Cotton growers in western Burkina Faso, Africa's biggest producer of the fiber, agreed to talks with the government to end a dispute over fixed prices and the cost of fertilizer, an industry labor union said. Farmers in western Burkina Faso threatened to boycott the crop season this year unless the government more than doubles the minimum price it pays growers to 500 CFA francs ($1.12). The West

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