Greenbelt Authority Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Henrie Njoloma said the Authority is geared export cotton-made linen to the international market.

Njoloma said the authority is looking at value addition facilities which will see exporting of cotton linen materialising. He emphasised on the need to step-up efforts in value addition so that the country generates the-much-needed forex through exports such as cotton linen.

The Cotton Farmers Association President, Dickson Gundani, outlined that cotton farmers have targeted to produce 50 000 metric tonnes (MT) of the crop in the 2019/20 growing season, a jump from last year’s 7 000MT.