Photo: G. Pascal Zachary
A woman picks cotton in northern Cameroon. “West Africa is one of the largest suppliers of cotton in the world—it’s enormously valuable,” says Zachary. Unlike food crops, cotton can be stored, so none of it is wasted. And with their profits from cotton, African growers can invest in fertilizer, high-quality seeds, and pesticides and branch out into other crops.
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