Cotton farming typology as a guide for actions in Cote d'Ivoire and beyond
- Literature reference
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- Author
- KONE Siaka and Michel FOK
- English title of the work
- Cotton farming typology as a guide for actions in Cote d'Ivoire and beyond
- Title of the work
- Cotton farming typology as a guide for actions in Cote d'Ivoire and beyond
- Year of publication
- 2020
- Author's email
- michel.fok@cirad.fr
- Book title
- 7th World Cotton Research Conference
- Countries concerned
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Ivory Coast
- Associated thesauruses
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Colire
TropicAgrif
Performon
- Keywords Colire
Farmers' productivity
Productivity level
Production cost estimation
Production cost
Assessment models and modelling
Assessment methods
Efficient research implementation
On-farm research
- Keywords TropicAgrif
Industrial Crops
Cotton
Economy and management
Agricultural Economics
Characteristics of families
Family size
Characteristics of farms
Farm size
Regional dimension
Mono regional
Disciplinary Approach
Monodisciplinary
Partnership with users
With, research real farm conditions
- Keywords Performon
1.1.4 Adaptation to socio-economic factors
1.1.4.2. Analyse the status and the conditions of family production of cotton
3.1.2 Production level
3.1.2.1. Identify, guide and adapt eventually to the use of technical novelties
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Fok Michel
- Abstract
- Background
In West and Central Africa, cotton production is of socio-economic importance by involving millions of people in rural areas and bringing hard currencies to the related country. Such an outcome has resulted, partly, from the backstopping by national, bilateral and multilateral development funding organizations for decades. Information nevertheless lacks on the impacts of the procured aids, related or not to technology transfer, in terms of the socio-economic status of the cotton farms by lack of application of a device to assess and follow-up what these features are.
The objective of this communication is to draw out a typology of cotton farms in Cote d'Ivoire to compensate for the mentioned lack in view of guiding actions and assessing their impacts.
Results
Through the data of a study implemented in 2014, a typology was based on the single criterion of cattle possession in relation with the tradition of hoarding. This typology clearly differentiates four types of farms according to their technical and financial performance in cotton growing, the characteristics of farmers and that of their families as well as their well-being through the possession of some durable goods.
Conclusion
The proposed typology is adapted, simple for application and flexible for evolution. It could fit all cotton-producing countries of West and Central Africa where the same tradition of accumulating capital in hoarding remains and it would allow country comparison to assess distinct cotton policies.
- English abstract
- Background
In West and Central Africa, cotton production is of socio-economic importance by involving millions of people in rural areas and bringing hard currencies to the related country. Such an outcome has resulted, partly, from the backstopping by national, bilateral and multilateral development funding organizations for decades. Information nevertheless lacks on the impacts of the procured aids, related or not to technology transfer, in terms of the socio-economic status of the cotton farms by lack of application of a device to assess and follow-up what these features are.
The objective of this communication is to draw out a typology of cotton farms in Cote d'Ivoire to compensate for the mentioned lack in view of guiding actions and assessing their impacts.
Results
Through the data of a study implemented in 2014, a typology was based on the single criterion of cattle possession in relation with the tradition of hoarding. This typology clearly differentiates four types of farms according to their technical and financial performance in cotton growing, the characteristics of farmers and that of their families as well as their well-being through the possession of some durable goods.
Conclusion
The proposed typology is adapted, simple for application and flexible for evolution. It could fit all cotton-producing countries of West and Central Africa where the same tradition of accumulating capital in hoarding remains and it would allow country comparison to assess distinct cotton policies.