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There is a similar but more backwards story in Afghanistan. In the 2000s, Afghanistan's cotton farms were struggling, but had potential with renewed US interest in economic development. Cotton being the second most valuable crop after poppies for heroin, and well-suited to the climate and agricultural history. It is also a labor-intensive crop which employs workers who would otherwise be likely to join the Taliban. However, USAID made a series of mistakes which prevented minimal funding (one being claiming that aid for cotton was disallowed by law because it would compete with American cotton). The US failed in multiple other agribusiness initiatives in Afghanistan also between 2012-2017 due to mismanagement of funds, poor financial and bureaucratic infrastructure, poorly trained populace and aging equipment.
Anyway, no USAID funds to Afghanistan this year. But cotton production was up 30% last year under the Taliban and they have created lucrative cotton thread export deals with China.
https://www.theglobalist.com/aid-and-the-afghan-cotton-saga/
