Location, vocation, and price shocks: cotton, rice, and sorghum-millet farmers in Mali
Smale, Melinda Diakité, Lamissa Keita, Naman
Smale, Melinda
Diakité, Lamissa
Keita, Naman
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2011-06-14
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13
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This article contrasts the impacts of the global food-price crisis in 2007–08 on three types of farmer in Mali. In the Niger delta, where the government undertook an ‘emergency’ initiative, farmers organised to market their rice collectively, gaining a stronger position vis-à-vis merchants and the state. Vertically integrated into an export value chain, cotton farmers have suffered from stagnating yields, slow organisational reform, and rising input-to-output ratios over the past decade. Consuming little rice, growing local landraces with few inputs, and insulated from the world market by their isolation, sorghum-millet farmers in the drylands were affected by poor rainfall.<p>This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.</p>
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Development in Practice
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Global food-price shocks and poor people: themes and case studies
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21
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4-5
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0961-4524
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1364-9213