# COVID-19 and Africa's cotton production

> Order cancellations from overseas textile manufacturers during COVID-19 have affected over 20 million smallholder cotton farmers in Africa. The Cotton 4 countries report around 70 per cent of 2020 lint still stuck in mills or ports, with quality deteriorating.

- Date: 2021-07-26 · published 2021-07-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46174-covid-19-and-africa-s-cotton-production
- Commodities: [Cottonseed Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CSM.md)

## Why it matters

This is a background piece on African cotton lint and by-product diversification with little direct effect on feed prices. Any expansion of cottonseed processing would only slowly affect cottonseed meal supply.

## Sources

- kohantextilejournal.com: https://kohantextilejournal.com/covid-19-and-africas-cotton-production/

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