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Malaria, Production and Income of the Producers of Coffee and Cocoa: an Analysis from Survey Data in C�te d'Ivoire. Malaria, coffee and cocoa production and income

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  • Jacky MATHONNAT

    () (Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur le D�veloppement International)

  • Jean-Fran�ois BRUN

    ()

  • Martine AUDIBERT

    ()

  • HENRY

Abstract

The sectors of coffee and cocoa represented in C�te d'Ivoire, before the political crisis, approximately 15% of the GDP and 40% of exports. The zones of production of these two cultures are in the forest area which is infected with malaria. The culture of these products is less constraining than that of the food crops such as rice or yam (one does not need to replant each year for example). However, the maintenance of the ground and of the trees and pest management contribute to obtain high yields. In addition, these products allow the producers to obtain monetary income. However, output is not the sole determinant of the level of income: precocity and speed of gathering, by permitting early sale, contribute to get higher income. In addition, food crops such as rice growing, are produced in the area. The objective of this paper is twofold, first, to evaluate the role of malaria on coffee and cocoa productions, second, to assess if the behaviour of rural households facing a liberalisation of the coffee and cocoa chains has an impact on their income. Three functions are thus estimated: production of coffee, production of cocoa and income. Data are taken from a survey carried out on 800 households (21 villages) in 1999 in the forest area of Danan�. The main results are the absence of malaria impact on productions and the dominance of individual over collective sale strategies.

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Paper provided by CERDI in its series Working Papers with number 200631.

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Date of creation: 2006
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Keywords: cocoa; coffee; lowland rice; malaria; sharecropping; C�te d'Ivoire;

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