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The Many Paths of Cotton Sector Reform in Eastern and Southern Africa: Lessons from a Decade of Experience

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David Tschirley () (Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University)
Colin Poulton
Duncan Boughton (Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University)

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While African cotton sectors face common technical challenges, the structure of the market for seed cotton strongly influences which of these challenges are most difficult to meet and which types of institutions need to emerge if the system is to be sustainable. Institutional innovation is the key to improving performance in cash crop sectors; large injections of public capital are not needed. Direct state management of funds from industry levies is problematical. Vesting regulatory and coordination functions within multi-stakeholder bodies – where government is one actor among many -- may be the most promising approach for many sectors. Regular “deliberative fora” are invaluable for building trust between stakeholders and seeking innovative solutions to tackling sector-wide problems.

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Paper provided by Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University in its series International Development Policy Syntheses with number 80.

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Keywords: food security; food policy; cotton sector reform;

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

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  1. Poulton, Colin & Gibbon, Peter & Hanyani-Mlambo, Benjamine & Kydd, Jonathan & Maro, Wilbald & Larsen, Marianne Nylandsted & Osorio, Afonso & Tschirley, David & Zulu, Ballard, 2004. "Competition and Coordination in Liberalized African Cotton Market Systems," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 32(3), pages 519-536, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  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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  3. Binswanger, Hans P & McIntire, John, 1987. "Behavioral and Material Determinants of Production Relations in Land-Abundant Tropical Agriculture," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 36(1), pages 73-99, October.
  4. D. Glover, 1990. "Contract Farming And Outgrower Schemes In East And Southern Africa," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 41(3), pages 303-315. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Duncan Boughton & Rui M.S. Benfica, 2007. "Income Poverty Effects of Expansion and Policies in Cash Cropping Economies in Rural Mozambique: An Economy-wide Approach," International Development Collaborative Working Papers MZ-MINAG-RR-64e, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  2. Duncan Boughton & Rui M.S. Benfica, 2007. "Interlinked Transactions in Cash Cropping Economies: Rationale for Persistence, and the Determinants of Farmer Participation and Performance in the Zambezi Valley of Mozambique," International Development Collaborative Working Papers MZ-MINAG-RR-63e, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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