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Uganda: Direct Sales Give Eastern Uganda's Cotton Farmers a Stronger Hand

[Bird Story Agency] Cotton farmers in eastern Uganda are bypassing village middlemen and selling collectively or directly to ginneries. The emerging model is giving growers greater control over weighing, payment and market access.

Uganda: Direct Sales Give Eastern Uganda's Cotton Farmers a Stronger Hand

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[Bird Story Agency] Cotton farmers in eastern Uganda are bypassing village middlemen and selling collectively or directly to ginneries.

The emerging model is giving growers greater control over weighing, payment and market access.

and helping women turn seasonal cotton earnings into education, land, homes and productive assets.

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[Bird Story Agency] Cotton farmers in eastern Uganda are bypassing village middlemen and selling collectively or directly to ginneries. The emerging model is giving growers greater control over weighing, payment and market access. and helping women turn seasonal cotton earnings into education, land, homes and productive assets.

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