Strategies for Cotton in West and Central Africa : Enhancing Competitiveness in the "Cotton 4"

The objective of this report is to identify ways of enhancing competitiveness through sector reforms in Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Mali (the Cotton-4). The report promotes best practices to manage cost and define sales strategies so as to enhance the contribution of the cotton sector to shared growth and lessen the risk of contingent liabilities borne by the countries. Areas of improvement, investigated in the report, are associated with the following three targets: 1) increasing yields to produce larger volumes; 2) reducing cost and increasing the reliability of grading; and 3) enhancing sales revenues. The report also explains how these targets can be effectively pursued through sector reforms. Guidance is provided on the types of investors needed to improve the competitiveness of the cotton sector in West and Central Africa and ways to design privatization lots.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Baghdadli, Ilhem, Cheikhrouhou, Hela, Raballand, Gael
Format:	Publication biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2007
Subjects:	AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL, ANIMAL TRACTION, ANTITRUST LAWS, AUCTIONS, AUDIT REPORTS, AUDITS, AVERAGE YIELDS, BAGS, BIOSAFETY, BREEDING, BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, CAPITA CONSUMPTION, CASH CROPS, CENTRAL AMERICA, CEREAL PRODUCTION, CEREALS, CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS, CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, CLOTHING, CLOTHING INDUSTRY, COLLUSION, COMMODITY, COMMODITY PRICES, COMPETITIVE FRINGE, COMPETITIVENESS, CONSUMERS, CORN, COTTON, COTTON CROP, COTTON INDUSTRY, COTTON MARKETING, COTTON PRICE, COTTON PRICES, COTTON PRODUCTION, COTTON SECTOR, COTTON YIELDS, CROP, CULTIVATED LAND, CULTIVATION, CULTIVATION PRACTICES, CULTIVATION TECHNIQUES, DECISION MAKING, DEVALUATION, DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, EXCESS SUPPLY, EXCHANGE RATES, EXPECTED RETURNS, FAIR, FAIR TRADE, FALLOW LANDS, FAO, FARM, FARMER, FARMERS, FARMING, FARMS, FEEDING, FERTILIZER, FIBER, FIBRES, FIBRES TEXTILES, FINANCIAL MARKETS, FOOD CROPS, FORAGE, FORAGE CROPS, FORECASTS, GDP, GENETIC MATERIAL, GINNERIES, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, HERBICIDES, HERDERS, INCREASING LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION, INEFFICIENCY, INPUT PRICES, INSECTS, INTERNATIONAL MARKET, LINT COTTON, LIVESTOCK, MAIZE, MANURE, MARKET CONDITIONS, MARKET EFFICIENCY, MARKET PRICE, MARKET PRICES, MARKET SECTOR, MARKET SEGMENTS, MARKET SHARE, MARKET STRUCTURE, MARKET VOLATILITY, MARKETING BOARD, MERCHANDISE, MERCHANDISE EXPORTS, MONOPOLIES, MONOPOLY, MORAL HAZARD, MTM, NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES, NICHE MARKETS, NOMADIC HERDERS, OPTIMIZATION, ORGANIC FERTILIZER, ORGANIC MARKETS, ORGANIC MATTER, PASTORALISTS, PER CAPITA INCOME, PEST POPULATIONS, PESTICIDE, PLANTING, PLOWING, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRICE CONTROLS, PRICE DECLINES, PRICE INCREASE, PRICE INDEX, PRICE MECHANISM, PRICE RISK, PRICE SETTING, PRICE STABILIZATION, PRICE TREND, PRICE VOLATILITY, PRICES INDICES, PRICING MECHANISM, PRICING MECHANISMS, PRICING SCHEME, PRICING SCHEMES, PRODUCE, PRODUCER PRICE, PRODUCER PRICES, PRODUCTION COSTS, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PUBLIC GOOD, PURCHASING, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, RETAIL, RICE, SAHEL, SALE, SALES, SALES MANAGEMENT, SEED, SEED COMPANIES, SEED COTTON, SEEDS, SMALL GROWERS, SMALL PRODUCERS, SOIL ANALYSIS, SOIL FERTILITY, SOILS, SPREAD, STOCKS, SUBSTITUTE, SUGAR, SUPPLIER, SUPPLIERS, SUPPLY CHAIN, SURPLUS, TARGET MARKETS, TAXATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TEXTILE, TEXTILE INDUSTRY, TOTAL REVENUE, TRADITIONAL SEEDS, TREES, WAREHOUSE, WEED GROWTH, WEEDS, WHEAT, WORLD MARKET, WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION, WTO, YIELD INCREASE, YIELDS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/8101697/strategies-cotton-west-central-africa-enhancing-competitiveness-cotton-4-strategies-pour-accroitre-la-competitivite-du-strategies-cotton-west-central-africa-enhancing-competitiveness-cotton-4 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6784
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