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Workers harvest cotton on a farm, 125 km north of Bouake, northern Ivory Coast, on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007. The U.S. dollar's record plunge is adding to the hardships of African cotton growers. Farmers are paid in CFA francs, the euro-pegged local currency of 14 western and central African countries.


A young boy holds a bundle of harvested cotton on a farm, 125 km north of Bouake, northern Ivory Coast, on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007. The U.S. dollar's record plunge is adding to the hardships of African cotton growers. Farmers are paid in CFA francs, the euro-pegged local currency of 14 western and central African countries.

Workers sort through harvested cotton on a farm, 125 km north of Bouake, northern Ivory Coast, on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007. The U.S. dollar's record plunge is adding to the hardships of African cotton growers. Farmers are paid in CFA francs, the euro-pegged local currency of 14 western and central African countries.