Seed cotton production forecasts for the 2023/2024 campaign are estimated at 407,500 tonnes, an increase of 1% compared to the previous campaign, announced the government, welcoming the support of producers despite the difficult security context and the rising prices of certain agricultural inputs.
‘Forecasts for seed cotton production for the 2023/2024 campaign would stand at 407,500 tonnes, an increase of 1% compared to the previous campaign,’ we read in the report of the Council of Ministers this Wednesday.
According to the same document, the forecast national average yield could stand at 882 kg/ha compared to 654 kg/ha for the 2022/2023 campaign, an improvement of 35%.
The government, which took stock on Wednesday at the halfway point of the 2023/2024 cotton campaign, welcomed the support of producers which made it possible to achieve this result despite the difficult context marked by the security crisis and the rise in cotton prices. certain agricultural inputs such as fertilizers.
According to him,
the transfer prices of inputs on credit for conventional cotton were set at 28,000 CFA francs per 50 kg bag of NPKSB fertilizer, at 32,000 CFA francs per 50 kg bag of Urea fertilizer and at 6,000 F CFA per hectare treatment for insecticides .
Source: Burkina Information Agency
Boosting Cooperation in the field of manufacturing medicines between Tunisia and Jordan, digitizing the health sector, promoting training and ensuring thermal water care» were the focus of a working session, held Thursday, in Amman, between Health Minister Ali Mrabet and his Jordanian counterpart Firas Haouari.
The working session was held on the sidelines of the Health Minister’s participation in the meetings of the executive office and the high authority of the Arab Council of Medical Specializations (from February 15 to 17 in Amman), reads a statement of by the Health Ministry on Thursday.
The two ministers discussed several topics related on the updating of the draft executive programme of the memorandum of health cooperation between the two countries by sharing experiences in the manufacturing of medicines, specific treatments of pediatric cardiovascular surgery and treatment of cancer diseases.
They exchanged views regarding the development of cooperation opportunities in the field of health and agre
ed to complete the procedures for opening in Tunis the coordination office of the Arab Council for Medical Specializations as well as support Tunisia’s candidacy to the presidency of the high authority of this council.
Furthermore, Mrabet made field visits to the medicine manufacturing company «Hikma» and the health management company «Hakim» to learn about the health digitization sector in Jordan.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse