The 25,000 cotton growers in the United States of America are heavily subsidized at the rate of $2 billion per year although China now provides the highest overall level of cotton sector support. The future of these subsidies is uncertain and has led to anticipatory expansion of cotton brokers' operations in Africa. Dunavant expanded in Africa by buying out local operations. This is only possible in former British colonies and Mozambique; former French colonies continue to maintain tight monopolies, inherited from their former colonialist masters, on cotton purchases at low fixed prices. COUNT 5
QSN1 How many subsidized cotton growers are in the US? ANS1 25,000 QSN2 What is the rate of subsidies of cotton growers in the US? ANS2 $2 billion per year QSN3 What country provides the highest rate of support for cotton growers? ANS3 China QSN4 Which former colonies still have tight monopolies on cotton brokering? ANS4 French QSN5 Where in Africa is it possible to buy out brokerages in cotton? ANS5 former British colonies