Published: 21 August 2013

Cotton side marketing and viability challenges are likely to dominate discussions when stakeholders meet today to deliberate on issues affecting the sector.

The indaba, co-ordinated by the Agricultural Marketing Authority, comes at a time when significantly lower than projected cotton production is expected this year.

Preliminary figures obtained from the Cotton Ginners' Association indicate that cotton output could be as low as 145 000 tonnes, from the initial forecast of 250 000 tonnes.

This would be 58% lower the 2011/12 production of 347 000 tonnes.
- herald

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