Cotton sector decline since closure of commodity marketing boards in 1996, neccessitated the need to educate farmers to improve quality of Nigerian cotton.
Considering this, the Federal Ministry of Commerce organized a workshop on cotton development under a title ?uality improvement for cotton: The role of farmers and ginners?in Gombe.
Permanent Secretary, Janet Ogunleye noticed poor pricing of Nigeria? cotton and in some cases total rejection in international market.
Ogunleye, however, commended President Olusegun Obasanjo for measures he had taken to address the issue.
She urged farmers to develop methods to enhance the quality of cotton, so that it would become a major non-oil foreign exchange earner.
