Cooperatives Caution Govt Over Cotton

By John NzinjahLeaders of Lango and of Nyakatonzi Co-operative union have jointly warned that cotton growing in the country faces a drastic decline if government does not put strategies to protect the peasant farmer.“The peasant farmer is at a great disadvantage. There is no justification for the peasant to continue growing cotton because the production costs are very high while the price remains so low,” board members of the two unions noted on June 7. The leaders of the two only surviving unions sounded the warning during a meeting at the Catholic Diocese Social Services Hall in Kasese town.Ends