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

Fok Michel, Tazi Sophia. 2004. Lessons learnt to overcome the costly and uncertain institutional re-arrangements under the globalization process : the african cotton case. In : The 85th Seminar EAAE on Agricultural development and rural poverty under globalization : asymmetric processes and differentiated outcomes, Florence, September 8-11, 2004. European Asociation of Agricultural Economists (EAAE). s.l. : s.n., 14 p. EAAE Seminar. 85, Florence, Italie, 8 Septembre 2004/11 Septembre 2004.

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 globalizationoriented 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.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : coton, culture de rapport, accord commercial, commerce international, OMC, libéralisation des échanges, petite exploitation agricole, histoire

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Afrique francophone

Classification Agris : E71 - Commerce international

Auteurs et affiliations

• Fok Michel, CIRAD-CA-COTON (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0001-8709-5687
• Tazi Sophia, CIRAD-TERA-AFM (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0003-2593-2093

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