Pricing Farmers out of Cotton: The costs of World Bank reforms in Mali

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Author(s)
Baden, Sally
Publication date
2007-03-15
Subject
Food and livelihoods
Trade
Keywords
Trade policy
World Trade Organisation
WTO
Agriculture

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam International
Document type
Briefing paper
Description
With global trade talks stalled at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), rich-country cotton subsidies remain unabated, hurting poor cotton farmers. World Bank led reforms to privatise the Malian cotton sector, including the adoption of a new price- setting mechanism, are further exacerbating the dire conditions in cotton-producing communities. A minimum level of price stability is vital for income security in the cotton sector and to prevent further slides into poverty. The wider donor community should provide adequate funds to finance a cotton-sector support fund, as well as invest in rural extension services and sustain capacity building of farmers to enable them to maximise their returns from new market opportunities.
Pages
40
ISBN
978-1-84814-554-2
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/114572
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