乌干达从棉花出口国变成进口国

 

From cotton exporter, Uganda becomes an importer

Uganda's Southern Range Textiles Limited, which bought Nyanza Textile Industries Limited (NYTIL), has said it has started importing cotton from Tanzania because local production is not enough to meet its requirement.
William Okello, logistics manager of Southern Range Textiles, told journalists during the installation of new machines at the factory recently, that Uganda's cotton production which originally stood at 100,000 bales per annum, has plunged to 80,000 bales while the demand for cotton has shot up to 150,000 bales per year.
Uganda used to be a cotton exporter but the situation has now changed.
“Most of the areas which grew cotton in the east, north and south western Uganda, are now growing SimSim, sun flower, cassava and rice and this has reduced cotton production,” he said now they only have Kasese and Tanzania as sources of cotton.
Okello urged the Cotton Development Authority to encourage farmers to resume growing the crop. He said a host of factors have combined to deter farmers from cultivating cotton.

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乌干达从棉花出口国变成进口国

乌干达南部范围纺织品有限公司,收购了尼安萨纺织工业有限公司(NYTIL)，并已表示,它已经开始从坦桑尼亚进口棉价，因为当地的棉花产量不足以满足其要求。

该公司的物流经理William Okello告诉记者，最近在工厂安装新机器期间,乌干达每年的棉花生产原本为10万包,已经跌至8万包，而对棉花的需求则每年飙升至15万包。

乌干达曾是棉花出口国,但这种情况现在已经改变。

“大多数种植棉花的区域在东部,北部和乌干达的西南部,而现在却种植脂麻,太阳花,木薯和大米,这降低了棉花生产,”他说现在他们只有卡塞塞和坦桑尼亚的棉花来源。

Okello敦促棉花发展机构鼓励农民重新种植棉花。他说,很多因素结合起来阻止农民种植棉花。