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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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| Dembele, Niama Nango; Traore, Abdramane. |
| The high increase in the prices of cereals, meat, and building materials is due to the weakness of stocks, increased exports, and the increase of internal demand. To attenuate the effect of the high increase in the price of cereals, meat and cement, the following measures are necessary: • Import important quantities of maize • Draw down on the national security stock, in consultation with the donors. • Reduce the price of animal feeds through reduction in the price of cotton-seed from the state-run cotton ginning facilities • Reduce slaughter fees • Reduce the cost of transportation through reduction in taxes on fuel and spare parts, and • Reduce the tariff on imports of cement Elements of a medium-term strategy to hold down food prices include: • At the... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Food Security; Food Policy; Mali; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q18. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55453 |
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