In the 1980s, cotton was grown by about 900,000 smallholder farmers, holding an average of 0.5 to 1.5 hectares in an estimated total area of about 700,000 hectares across the country.
For late 1980s, e reach 900,000 smallholder dem wey dey grow cotton, den hold average of 0.5 to 1.5 hectare for di total area wey dem estimate as 700,000 hectare across di kontri.