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An Assessment of Current Policy Initiatives in Zambia's Cotton Sector

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Ballard Zulu
David Tschirley () (Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University)
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This paper assesses three of these policy initiatives: input credit provision for smallholder producers of selected cash crops including cotton, the proposed creation of a Cotton Board, and the emergence in 2003 of District Council levies as a point of conflict between local governments and cotton companies. The purpose of the paper is to provide guidance to public and private decision makers regarding key modifications which may need to be made to these policies to ensure continued healthy development of the sector.

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Paper provided by Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University in its series International Development Collaborative Policy Briefs with number ZM-FSRP-PB-09.

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Keywords: food security food policy Zambia cotton

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Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy

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  1. David Tschirley & Ballard Zulu, 2003. "Zambian Cotton in a Regional Context: Performance under Liberalization and Future Challenges," International Development Collaborative Policy Briefs ZM-FSRP-PB-07, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  2. Duncan Boughton & David Tschirley & Higino de Marrule & Afonso Osório & Ballard Zulu, 2002. "Cotton Sector Policies and Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons Behind the Numbers in Mozambique and Zambia," International Development Collaborative Policy Briefs MZ-MINAG-FL-34E, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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