Cotton policy in ssa: a matter of institutional arrangements related to farmers' constraints

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  • Référence bibliographique
  • Année de publication
  • 2009
  • Auteur(s)
  • M. Fok
  • Titre du document
  • Cotton policy in ssa: a matter of institutional arrangements related to farmers' constraints
  • Titre en anglais
  • Cotton policy in ssa: a matter of institutional arrangements related to farmers' constraints
  • Adresse email de l'auteur
  • michel.fok@cirad.fr
  • Adresse URL
  • http://www.slire.net/download/393/s4_p3_fok_ref.pdf
  • Pays concerné(s)
  • Afrique (Continent)
  • Thésaurus associé(s)
  • Colire
  • Mots-clé(s) Colire
  • Rôle des organisations paraétatiques
    Monopole
    Organisation para étatique de coton
    Régulation du secteur coton
    Coordination
    Administration de la commercialisation
    Administration du prix
    Fourniture d'intrants et de services
    Influence du secteur privé
    Secteur privé
    Partenariat public-privé
    Administration des mécanismes de prix
    Indice A
    Prix fixe
    Administration du prix
  • Enregistré le
  • 2011-12-14
  • Modifié le
  • 2011-12-14
  • Administré par
  • Fok Michel
  • Résumé en anglais
  • Cotton production in the Francophone African Countries (FACs) derives exclusively from smallholders whose holding size is less than 5 ha on average. From 1990s, the FACs are globally ranking third to second in exporting cotton to the world market. Such an achievement could be regarded as the result of an institutional construction which took place for four decades in dealing with the smallholders' constraints and concerns.

    Since the mid-1990s, the FACs are engaged into processes of privatization/liberalization, at distinct modalities, within the implementation of globalization-oriented policies. Drastic changes are now observed in pricing mechanisms, provision of inputs and credit to farmers...etc. These changes imply modifications in the responsibilities sharing between stakeholders, with modalities which are implying sometimes disharmony and uncertainty within the sector. This is an illustration of the construction-feature of new institutional arrangements which can hardly be automatically acceptable to all. The paper provides an analysis of the institutional construction in dealing with few major constraints or concerns faced by the smallholders in the FACs.