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East Acholi is considered one of the cotton basket in Acholi sub-region. In 2020, cotton farmers in the districts of Lamwo, Kitgum, Pader and Agago, collectively produced 30,000 bales of lint according to statistics from the Uganda ginners and Cotton exporters association.

The closure of the factory has left hundreds of cotton farmers in the district with nowhere to put their cotton harvests.

Cotton farmers in Tororo district have asked government to set a farm gate price for cotton to protect them from being cheated by the middlemen.