VIDEO: Zimbabwe’s cotton challenge

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Farmers in Zimbabwe unpick relationship with cotton

14 August 2015 Last updated at 16:28 BST

Once considered white gold because of the high prices it fetched on world markets, Zimbabwe’s cotton – often used in high-end clothing because of its glistening white and silky texture – is on the wane.

Lower prices have forced thousands of small scale farmers to migrate to other crops.

The BBC’s Brian Hungwe reports from Gokwe in north-west Zimbabwe for Africa Business Report.