Burkina Faso 2015/16 cotton output down 18 pct on poor weather
April 22, 2016 at 17:56 PM EDT
OUAGADOUGOU, April 22 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso produced 581,000 tonnes of raw cotton in the recently ended 2015/16 season, down 18 percent from the previous harvest and well short of its aim of a record crop of 800,000 tonnes, the national cotton association said on Friday.