Chad's cotton farmers burned by climate change and false promises
Kagtaou, Chad (AFP) May 5, 2024
Declador Rimleldeoudje waded through his field between thousands of stalks he hopes will become a bumper crop of cotton - knowing that Chad's white gold has a future as unpredictable as the rains. For decades, cotton has sustained his region of southern Chad. But the prized crop is now under threat. At the entrance to his village of Kagtaou, around 60 kilometres (40 miles) from Moundou,
