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Impacts of policy change on cotton sector stakeholders in Central Africa in the context of the global crisis |
Cahiers Agricultures. Volume 19, Number 1, 21-7, janvier-février 2010, Étude originale
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Author(s) : Emmanuel Mbétid-Bessane, Koye Djondang, Michel Havard, David Kadékoy-Tigagué |
Summary : The cotton crisis and reorganisation of the production chains affect the national economy and producers’ revenue, thus raising the issue of development prospects in the Central African savannahs. This paper addresses the mentioned phenomena by analyzing factors and implications of the production chain reorganization and the cotton crisis as well as farmers’ reactions to the evolving contexts. The paper is based on the outcome of about ten years’ research studies related to cotton production chains and farming systems carried out by the Regional Pole of Applied Research for the Development of Farming Systems in Central Africa. The restructuring process of the production chains has led cotton companies to concentrate their activities on production and processing of cottonseeds, progressively abandoning other activities related more directly to service supply for development, some of which have been taken over by producers’ organisations. The cotton crisis has pushed cotton companies to become more concerned with profitability and better use of their infrastructures. On the producers’ side, the cotton crisis has resulted in reduced income to which they reacted by diminishing the area devoted to cotton production. The future of societies based on cotton production, their infrastructures and even cotton farming is debated. Under great uncertainty, cotton sector stakeholders require accompaniment so as to maintain their revenue following the redefinition of support mechanisms affecting the development of the savannahs in Central Africa. |
Keywords : economy and rural development, farming systems, vegetal productions |
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