Togo: Cotton farmers will spend a little more to get seed cotton during the 2022-2023 season

(Togo First) - A kilogram of 1st-grade seed cotton will be sold to farmers at CFA300 in the 2022-2023 season, 13% more than in the last season (CFA265). As for 2nd-grade seed cotton, it will be sold at CFA280 /kg or 24% more than during the 2021-2022 season. The updates were in an official note that the Nouvelle Société Cotonnière du Togo (NSCT) sent to regional directors of agricultural production on May 6, 2022. The NSCT added how much fertilizers will cost farmers this season: NPKSB 12-20-18-5-1 fertilizer (295 francs per kilo), 46% N urea fertilizer (275 francs per kilo), conventional insecticides (3000 FCFA per hectare treatment dose), alternative products (4800 FCFA per hectare treatment dose), total ...