Lessons learnt to overcome the costly and uncertain institutional re-arrangements under the globalization process: the african cotton case

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Année de publication
2004
Auteur(s)
M. Fok and S. Tazi
Titre du document
Lessons learnt to overcome the costly and uncertain institutional re-arrangements under the globalization process: the african cotton case
Titre en anglais
Lessons learnt to overcome the costly and uncertain institutional re-arrangements under the globalization process: the african cotton case
Adresse de l'éditeur
Florence
Adresse email de l'auteur
michel.fok@cirad.fr
Adresse URL
http://agents.cirad.fr/pjjimg/michel.fok@cirad.fr/Fok_Institu_construct.pdf
Pays concerné(s)
Bénin
Burkina Faso
Cameroun
Côte d'Ivoire
Mali
Sénégal
Tchad
Togo
Thésaurus associé(s)
Colire
Mots-clé(s) Colire
Facteur technologique des coûts de production
Semences
Protection des cultures
Types d'association
Groupement de producteurs de coton
Associations villageoises cotonnières
Unions des producteurs de coton
Associations interprofessionnelles
Description des mesures
Mesures de soutien direct
Mesures politiques
Rôle des organisations paraétatiques
Monopole
Organisation para étatique de coton
Cadre national et accès aux technologies
Crédit d'équipement
Politique d'accès aux technologies
Fourniture des messages techniques
Crédit intrants
Promotion d'intensification
Enregistré le
2011-12-14
Modifié le
2011-12-14
Administré par
Fok Michel

Résumé
Cotton production in the Francophone African Countries (FACs) derives exclusively from smallholders whose holding size is less than 5 ha on average. From the 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.

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abstract = "Cotton production in the Francophone African Countries (FACs) derives exclusively from smallholders whose holding size is less than 5 ha on average. From the 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. ",
author = "M. Fok and S. Tazi",
title = "Lessons learnt to overcome the costly and uncertain institutional re-arrangements under the globalization process: the african cotton case",
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