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Cotton is an indigenous crop to southern Chad. [1] In 1910, the French colonial administration organized market production on a limited scale under the direction of the military governor. [ 1 ] By 1920, the colonial administration was promoting the large-scale production of cotton for export. [ 1 ]
The Société cotonnière du Tchad, also called Cotontchad, is a parastatal Chadian company operating in a monopoly regime that buys and exports all the cotton produced in Chad. [1] Cotton represents 40% of the country's exports and in past years has been even more dominant.
The export of cotton was done before the discovery of oil, the current main source of income for Chad. Cotton cultivation has been funded by French corporations (through the CCCE, now the AFD, [15] and the public company Dagris, now Geocoton) and the European Development Fund [16] [17] of the European Union.
Chad (Arabic: تشاد; French: Tchad), officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa.It borders Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west.
As of 1990, manufacturing in Chad was dominated by agribusiness, and Cotontchad in particular. [1] Next in importance were the National Sugar Company of Chad (Société Nationale Sucrière du Tchad—SONASUT), the Chadian Textile Company (Société Tchadienne de Textile—STT), the Logone Breweries (Brasseries du Logone—BdL), and the Cigarette Factory of Chad (Manufacture des Cigarettes du ...
The French came to perceive Chad primarily as a source of raw cotton and untrained labour to be used in the more productive colonies to the south. Within Chad, there was neither the will nor the resources to do much more than maintain a semblance of law and order .
Cotton Bowl history. Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas opened in 1930, before the Red River Rivalry started calling it home in 1932. The stadium located in the middle of the State Fair of Texas was ...
In 2020, approximately 80% of Chad's labor force was employed in the agricultural sector. [1] This sector of the economy accounts for 52.3% of the GDP, as of 2017. [2] With the exception of cotton production, some small-scale sugar cane production, and a portion of the peanut crop, Chad's agriculture consists of subsistence food production.