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| Tschirley, David L.; Kabwe, Stephen. |
| 1. Changes in spinning technology have increased the premium on high quality lint in the world market and increased the discount for lint contaminated with non-vegetative matter 2. The inherent characteristics of most African lint, plus the fact that it is hand-picked, should give it a substantial premium in the world market. However, because so much African lint is highly contaminated by world standards, much of it trades at a discount to Index A. 3. Zambia has been the outstanding success among a sample of nine SSA countries in improving quality; this achievement is directly attributable to the efforts of Dunavant and Cargill, made possible by company culture and by the concentrated structure of Zambia's industry 4. Quality (and input supply) can be... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Zambia; Cotton; Crop Production/Industries; Q20. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54632 |
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| Jayne, Thomas S.; Mukumbu, Mulinge; Duncan, John; Staatz, John M.; Howard, Julie A.; Lundberg, Mattias K.A.; Aldridge, Kim; Nakaponda, Bethel; Ferris, John N.; Keita, Francis; Sanankoua, Abdel Kader. |
| The objectives of the study are: to assess the direction and magnitude of changes in real staple food prices since the implementation of food sector policy reforms in Africa; to identify the major factors affecting changes in these food prices; and to assess the resulting effects of food system reform on household food security. |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Food Security and Poverty; Downloads July 2008-June 2009: 9; R11. |
| Ano: 1996 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54695 |
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| Laker-Ojok, Rita. |
| The study which follows is an ex-ante analysis of expected returns to investment in agricultural research on groundnuts and sesame in Uganda. Studies have shown that it generally takes a minimum of six to ten years for new technologies to begin to have an impact on agricultural production practices. In the case of Uganda, Michigan State University was asked to measure the impact of a program which only began the process of rehabilitating the collapsed national agricultural research system in 1985 and began support for commodity research on groundnuts and sesame as recently as 1989 and 1991. As a result, the assessment which follows relies upon the projection of expected future benefits. While every effort has been taken to make reasonable projections based... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Oilseeds; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Downloads July 2008-June 2009: 13; R11. |
| Ano: 1994 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54708 |
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| Jayne, Thomas S.. |
| This policy brief highlights some of the key messages contained in the full report. However the problems and opportunities facing the industry are very complex, and cannot be easily summarized in this brief. Hence one goal of this policy brief is to encourage interested parties to obtain, review and debate the full study. A second objective of this brief is to highlight the strategic industry development questions and proposals identified in the study that require debate and follow up actions. |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Zambia; Cotton; Agribusiness; Farm Management; Q18. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54602 |
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| Dembele, Niama Nango; Traore, Abdramane. |
| This note presents the situation of the Malian cotton sector as of 2001/02, with emphasis on the possibility of emerging from the crisis at that time. ] The CMDT, the Malian company for textile development, has as its mission the production, storage, and marketing of cotton. Despite excellent performance over the years, CMDT was faced by a major crisis in 1999/2000 which has persisted. Cotton is very important to the Malian economy. The area of the cotton zone is about 163,303 km2, and included a population of about 3.8 million in 2000. Income from cotton was 96.5 billion CFA francs in 1998/99. However, since the 1999/00 campaign, the producers’ income decreased, falling to 41.3 billion CFA francs in 2000/01. Since the devaluation of the CFA franc in... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Mali; Cotton; Crop Production/Industries; International Development; Q18. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55457 |
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