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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | The Many Paths of Cotton Sector Reform in Eastern and Southern Africa: Lessons From a Decade of Experience
Autores: | Tschirley,   David L.; Poulton,   Colin; Boughton,   Duncan.
Data: | 2009-10-28
Ano: | 2006
Palavras-chave: | Food security; Food policy; Cotton sector reform; Tanzania; Uganda; Zimbabwe; Zambia; Mozambique; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Q18.
Resumo: | With cotton sector reform in much of SSA a decade old, it is now possible to review  the empirical record and begin drawing lessons from experience. This paper assesses the record  of five countries in southern and eastern Africa: Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and  Mozambique. In four of these countries, cotton is the first- or second most important smallholder  cash crop; only in Uganda does it substantially lag other cash crops. The focus on the course of  reform in each – initial conditions, key elements of the reform, and institutional response to it –  and attempt to draw lessons for policy makers, donors, and researchers. the paper begins by outlining the  challenges faced by cotton production and marketing systems. Next a review the range of  pre-reform institutional responses to these challenges, before discussing the reform process in  each country and reviewing the evolving institutional response to it. Finally, assess the  performance that each country has achieved and attempt to relate this to its initial conditions  and subsequent institutional responses, and closing by outlining lessons for strategies to improve  cotton systems in SSA.
Tipo: | Report
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://purl.umn.edu/54477

Relação:

Michigan State University&gt;Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics&gt;Food Security Collaborative Working Papers

Food Security Research Project, Lusaka, Zambia, Working Paper

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