The Malian Company for the Development of Textiles (CMDT), the public company that manages the entire cotton sector in Mali, announced on Monday 1 June that the country produced 700,000 tonnes of cotton for the 2019/2020 season, a figure up by 6.6% compared to the previous season. As for the objective set for the 2020/2021 season, the Director General of CMDT, Baba Berthe, said he was counting on an expected volume of 820,000 tons. This is enough to further consolidate Mali’s position among the main white gold producing countries in sub-Saharan Africa, alongside Burkina Faso and Benin in particular.