Tschirley, DavidPoulton, ColinLabaste, Patrick2012-03-192012-03-192009978-0-8213-7770-3https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2604Cotton is a major source of foreign exchange earnings in more than 15 countries across all regions of Sub-Saharan African (SSA) and a crucial source of cash income for millions of rural people in these countries. The crop is, therefore, critical in the fight against rural poverty. The World Bank and other development institutions have been and are currently assisting many cotton exporting countries of SSA to improve their cotton sector performance through projects supporting investment as well as through policy and institutional reform. Many SSA countries have been implementing or are considering implementing reforms of their cotton industries. The ultimate objective of the reform programs is to strengthen the competitiveness of cotton production, processing, and exports in an increasingly demanding world market and to ensure long-term, sustainable, and equitable growth for these major sectors of many African economies. The reform programs generally entail redefining the role of the state; facilitating greater involvement of the private sector and farmer organizations; ensuring greater competition in input and output markets; improving productivity through research and development, extension, and technology dissemination; and seeking value addition through market development and processing of cotton lint and by-products. A number of SSA cotton sectors, especially in West and Central Africa (WCA), are currently facing serious short-term financial difficulties. It is important to clarify that the purpose of this report is not to provide quick solutions to these short-run problems. Rather, it is to step back, build up a reliable broad assessment of cotton sector performance from detailed empirical information, and thereby provide guidance for the design of strategies that will address the long-term challenges of cotton production and marketing in Africa. Finally, to ensure that a broad perspective was brought to bear, the study was entrusted to a team which includes independent researchers and experts in the field of cotton.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTINGADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORTAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIESAGRICULTURAL LANDAGRICULTURAL MARKETINGAGRICULTURAL PRICEAGRICULTUREANNUAL PAYMENTSAQUACULTUREAVERAGE YIELDSBENCHMARKBENCHMARKINGBUYERSBY-PRODUCTSCAPITA CONSUMPTIONCASH CROPSCENTRAL BANKCHEMICAL FERTILIZERSCOCOACOMMODITYCOMMODITY PRICECOMMODITY PRICESCOMPARATIVE ANALYSISCOMPETITIVE MODELSCOMPETITIVENESSCONSUMERCONSUMER PRICECONSUMER PRICE INDICESCONSUMERSCONTRACT FARMINGCONTRIBUTIONCONTRIBUTIONSCOPYRIGHT CLEARANCECOPYRIGHT CLEARANCE CENTERCORNCOTTONCOTTON GROWINGCOTTON MARKETINGCOTTON PRICECOTTON PRICESCOTTON PRODUCTIONCOTTON SECTORCOTTON SEEDSCOTTON YIELDSCOTTONSEEDCOTTONSEED OILCOUNTRY TO COUNTRYCREDIT PROBLEMCREDIT PROVISIONCROPCROP INSURANCEDECISION MAKINGDECISION TREEDELIVERY OF SERVICESDEPRECIATIONDEVALUATIONDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDEVELOPMENT STRATEGYDIRECT PAYMENTSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC EFFICIENCYECONOMIC JUSTIFICATIONECONOMIC MANAGEMENTECONOMIC SYSTEMSENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITYETHANOLEXCHANGE RATEEXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONSEXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENTSEXCHANGE RATESEXPENDITUREEXPORT CROPSEXPORT MARKETEXPORT SECTORSEXPORTSEXTENSION SERVICESEXTENSION SYSTEMSEXTERNAL INPUTSFAOFARMFARM PRODUCTIVITYFARMERFARMER ASSOCIATIONSFARMER INVOLVEMENTFARMER ORGANIZATIONSFARMERSFARMSFERTILIZERFERTILIZERSFIBERSFIBRES TEXTILESFIELD WORKFINANCIAL COMMUNITYFINANCIAL CRISESFINANCIAL CRISISFINANCIAL DIFFICULTIESFINANCIAL SERVICESFISHERIESFOREIGN CURRENCYFOREIGN EXCHANGEFOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGSGDPGLOBAL EXPORTSGLOBAL MARKETGLOBAL OUTPUTGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROWTH POTENTIALINCOMEINCOMESINEFFICIENCYINNOVATIONINTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESSINTERNATIONAL MARKETINTERNATIONAL PRICESKNOWLEDGE GAPSLAND MANAGEMENTLARGE COMPANIESLEGAL SYSTEMSLIBERALIZATIONLOANLOCAL CURRENCYLONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITYLOW COSTSMACROECONOMIC STABILITYMACROECONOMICSMAIZEMARKET CONCENTRATIONMARKET DEVELOPMENTMARKET DISTORTIONSMARKET PRICEMARKET SECTORMARKET SHAREMARKET STRUCTUREMARKETING BOARDMARKETING STRATEGIESMISMANAGEMENTMONOPOLIESMONOPOLYMULTILATERAL TRADENATIONAL CURRENCYNATIONAL ECONOMIESOUTGROWER SCHEMESOUTPUTOVERVALUATIONPEST MANAGEMENTPEST PRESSUREPOOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDSPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPRICE ADVANTAGEPRICE CHANGESPRICE INCREASESPRICE INDEXPRICE SETTINGPRICE TRENDSPRICE VOLATILITYPRICING MECHANISMSPRICING POLICIESPRIVATIZATIONPRODUCEPRODUCER ORGANIZATIONSPRODUCTION COSTSPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHPUBLIC COMPANIESPUBLIC GOODSPURCHASESQUALITY SEEDRAPESEEDRAPID EXPANSIONREFORM PROGRAMSREGULATORY BODIESREGULATORY FRAMEWORKREGULATORY FRAMEWORKSREPAYMENTREPUTATIONRICERISK MANAGEMENTSAVINGSSEED COTTONSEED PRODUCTIONSEED TECHNOLOGYSINGLE MARKETSMALL FARMERSSOIL CONSERVATIONSOIL FERTILITYSPREADSTAKEHOLDERSSTATE UNIVERSITYSUBSTITUTESUGARSUPPLY CHAINSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTECHNOLOGY TRANSFERTOTAL COSTTRADE NEGOTIATIONSVALUE ADDEDVERTICAL INTEGRATIONWAGEWHEATWORLD MARKETWORLD TRADEWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATIONWTOYIELD INCREASEYIELDSWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-7770-3