investing in cotton and textiles uganda contents sector overview 2 articles 8 competitive advantage 10 investment opportunities 11 markets 13 invest ment incentives 15 useful contacts 17 appendices appendix 1 the official standards 18 seed production by district 19 3 ginneries capacity status 2000 2002 20 4 comesa member states population 21 5 tariff position towards fta 22 was introduced 1903 to serve both as a cash crop raw material for it s p roducts belongs g hirsutum species whose origins trace back american upland varieties allen sunflower is grown at an altitude of below 1500m above sea level rain fed small scale farm ers on average holdings one acre each 31 56 administrative districts countrywide eastern northern lower west nile south western remain dominant growing areas because their sandy loamy soils are suitable sub has been totally liberalized since