Organization and Performance of Cotton Sectors in Africa: Learning from Reform Experience

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Section I. Introduction and Market Context -- 1. Introduction / David Tschirley -- 2. Market Context / John Baffes, Gerald Estur -- The Supply Side: Expanding Production and Exports -- The Demand Side: Changing Focus of Demand and Competition with Synthetic Fibers -- Declining and Volatile World Prices for Lint -- External Factors Affecting World Lint Prices -- Increasingly Stringent Demand for Quality Fiber -- Lint Marketing Strategies: The Role of the International Cotton Merchant -- Valorization of By-Products: Markets for Cottonseed Oil and Cake -- Section II. Historical Background and Conceptual Approach -- 3. Historical Background and Recent Institutional Evolution of African Cotton Sectors / Nicolas Gergely, Colin Poulton -- West and Central Africa -- East and Southern Africa -- 4. A Typology of African Cotton Sectors / Colin Poulton, David Tschirley -- Competition and Coordination -- Dynamic Considerations -- Predicted Strengths and Weaknesses of Different Sector Types -- Conceptualization of the Links between Cotton Sector Organization and Performance -- Section III. Comparative Analysis: Core Activities and Service Delivery -- 5. Pricing Systems and Prices Paid to Growers / John Baffes, David Tschirley, Nicolas Gergely -- Pricing Mechanisms in WCA -- Pricing Mechanisms in ESA -- Comparing Pricing Performance at the Farmer Level -- Conclusions -- 6. Input Credit and Extension / David Tschirley -- Mali and Cameroon: Government Monopolies that Show Similar Strengths and Weaknesses -- Local Monopolies: Vastly Differing Histories Complicate Comparative Assessment in Mozambique and Burkina Faso -- Competitive Sectors: Tanzania and Uganda Struggle and Take Very Different Paths to Ensure Input Supply, Extension, and Quality -- Concentrated, Market-Based Sectors: Zimbabwe and Zambia Perform Well on Input Credit and Extension, but Face Instability -- Conclusions -- 7. Quality Control / Gerald Estur, Colin Poulton, David Tschirley -- Impact of Quality on Export Prices -- Impact of Sector Organization on Quality -- Conclusions -- 8. Valorization of Seed Cotton By-Products / Nicolas Gergely, Colin Poulton -- Structure and Organization of Oil Sectors -- Performance of Oil Sectors, Seed Pricing, and Returns to Farmers -- Conclusions -- 9. Cotton Research / Duncan Boughton, Colin Poulton -- Cotton Research Organization and Performance -- Articulating Research Demand: Insights from the Typology? -- Conclusions -- Section IV. Comparative Analysis: Outcomes -- 10. Yields and Returns to Farmers / Colin Poulton, Patrick Labaste, Duncan Boughton -- Cotton Yields -- Returns to Farmers -- Conclusions -- Annex A10. Methodology for Focus Group Discussion on Farmer Types -- 11. Cost Efficiency of Companies, Overall Sector Competitiveness, and Macro Impact / Nicolas Gergely -- Company Cost Efficiency -- Overall Competitiveness -- Macro Impacts -- 12. Conclusions / Patrick Labaste, Colin Poulton, David Tschirley -- Summary of Expected and Realized Performance across Key Indicators -- Ways Forward for African Cotton: Cross-Cutting Challenges -- Ways Forward for Particular Sector Types -- Appendix A. Statistical Tables -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2009 pg. 111 (EAN 9780821377703, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Poulton, Colin Poulton is with Wye College, University of London.