In the 1930s, Congo developed into a global player for cotton production. Production rose from about 30.000 tons in 1930 to over 135.000 tons in 1940 and was mainly based in Ubangi and Uélé in the North, and in Lomami in the South. Cotton cultivation at the local farmers associations of Babua near Bambesa (Uélé district). 1949, s.d. (Photographs by C. Lamote and H. Goldstein for Congopresse / Inforcongo).
NAB, Archives INEAC, no. 10123.
NAB, Archives INEAC, no. 10123.
