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Plight of African Cotton Farmers Getting Worse

August 16, 2007 – 1:57 pm

Climate Crisis Coalition
Plight of African Cotton Farmers Getting Worse
By John Zodzi, Reuters, August 15, 2007
“Known as ‘white gold’ to peasant farmers whose living depends on it, cotton has long been one of the few cash crops they can cultivate without irrigation across West Africa’s arid Sahel, bringing much-needed funds into poor villages. But these days [...]

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Cotton-Subsidy Reform Could Feed, Educate Millions

June 26, 2007 – 10:34 pm

TreeHugger
Photo credit: Judy Baxter
It’s time to write to Congress and ask: What’s the cotton-picking idea? A substantial overhaul of American cotton subsidies in the 2007 Farm Bill could result in additional funds that could feed one million children for a year or pay school fees for at least two million children living in impoverished West [...]

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