The Council of Ministers January 18, 2023 heard a report s from Industrial Development, Trade, Crafts and of small and medium-sized enterprises made a communication to the Council relating to the mid-term situation of the 2022-2023 cotton campaign and the preparation for the next 2023-2024 campaign. It appears that the 2022-2023 cotton campaign was marked by an exceptional surge in fertilizer prices on the markets. To remedy this situation, the cotton sector has benefited from a subsidy on the prices of inputs (fertilizers and insecticides) 76.8 billion CFA francs including 72.8 billion CFA francs in subsidies granted by the Burkinabè State. Nationally, the report notes, the production of conventional seed cotton for 2022-2023 campaign would reach 482,585 tonnes, i.e. a drop of 7% compared to compared to the previous campaign. The areas sown are 617,607 hectares, an increase of 4%. The average yields are down 10% and stand at 781 kilograms per hectare. Council was informed that following the massive jassid infestations observed during this 2022-2023 campaign in the countries of the sub-region, the Regional Program for integrated cotton production in Africa (PR-PICA) initiated a meeting meeting of the main players in the cotton sector on the subject from November 14 to 17, 2022 in Lomé, Togo. The ministerial departments concerned by the problem of the Jassids will engage in urgent consultations with a view to obtaining a derogation for the use of identified products (GRACIA 10 EC, JACOBIA and Flonicamide 050 WG) to fight the plague.
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