• How much cotton is produced in Mali?
  • At the end of the 2019/2020 season, Mali’s cotton production totaled 700,000 tons, up 6.6 percent from 2018/2019. The volume harvested for the 2019/2020 campaign, makes Mali for the second consecutive year, the second-largest producer of white gold in Africa behind Benin (714,000 tons).
  • Which country produces the most cotton in the world?
  • Finally, in 2018, Mali was ranked as the leading cotton producer on the continent with 725,000 tons of cotton seeds, according to data from the Malian Textile Development Company (CMDT). Mali has recorded its largest cotton production of more than 760,000 tons for the 2021-2022 season.
  • How many hectares did Mali plant this year?
  • Mali planted a record 795,000 hectares (ha), up 630,000 hectares (382%) from last year’s crop, the document noted. In addition, the U.S. report explained that “C?te d’Ivoire also planted a record 460,000 ha, while Benin and Burkina Faso each planted more than 600,000 hectares this year.”