Cotton Burkina Faso
Before cotton prices plummeted on the world market due to huge US and European farm subsidies, cotton farmers in Burkina Faso, one of the worlds poores countries, contributed a portion of their income for development projects in their villages, such as the building of wells, schools, health clinics, etc..Mousobadougou, Burkina Faso. 13 December 2003..Photo © J.B. Russell