Ama Approves 106 Buying Points for Cotton

[The Herald] The Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) has approved the setting up of 106 common buying points for cotton across the country, up from 98 last year, as the market readies for start of selling the white gold next week. Previously one of the top export crops, cotton production has over the years plummeted due to a cocktail of challenges bedevilling the sector, chiefly pricing.Last year, cotton exports accounted for less than two percent of the country's total exports, coming behind tobacco and sugarcane i ......