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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.
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 ...
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.
Chad did not have a separate colonial status until 1920, when it was placed under a lieutenant-governor stationed in Fort-Lamy (today N'Djamena). [6] Two fundamental themes dominated Chad's colonial experience with the French: an absence of policies designed to unify the territory and an exceptionally slow pace of modernization.
Economic history of Chad (1 C) I. ... Trade unions in Chad (3 P) Pages in category "Economy of Chad" ... Commercial Bank Chad; Cotontchad; Cotton Price Stabilization ...
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.
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