Burkina Faso Inauguration of the first organic cotton ginning plant in West Africa

Burkinabe President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré inaugurated an organic cotton ginning plant in Koudougou on January 30, presented as the first in West Africa.

The majority of the factory capital (51.02%), the construction of which required 12 million dollars (nearly 11 million euros), is held by the National Union of Cotton Producers of Burkina (UNPCB) .