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The Development of an Agricultural Union in Mali : Increasing Levels of Local Empowerment

In the early 1990s, the village associations (AV) in the Koutiala regions of southern Mali had an issue to sort out with the Malian Textile Company (CMDT) and won the case. Encouraged by the success, they united efforts again to address other probl...

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Main Authors: Easton, Peter, Belloncle, Guy, Coulibaly, Cheibane, Fass, Simon, Moussa, Laouali Malam
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
CIVIL SOCIETY
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
UNIONS
EMPOWERMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY
FARMER ORGANIZATIONS
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
INSTITUTION BUILDING
FARMERS TRAINING OF
COTTON INDUSTRY
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ADOLESCENTS
AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT
CLINICS
COMMUNITIES
COTTON
COTTON MARKETING
COTTON PRODUCTION
CROP
CROP ROTATION
FARM
FARMERS
FARMING
FARMS
FOOD CROPS
INSTITUTIONALIZATION
LOCAL CAPACITY
MARKETING
NGOS
ROOTS
SCHOOLS
SEEDS
SOCIAL CAPITAL
SOIL CONSERVATION
SOIL FERTILITY
STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TEXTILES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/06/439642/development-agricultural-union-mali-increasing-levels-local-empowerment
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10829
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Summary:In the early 1990s, the village associations (AV) in the Koutiala regions of southern Mali had an issue to sort out with the Malian Textile Company (CMDT) and won the case. Encouraged by the success, they united efforts again to address other problems and evolved into a union (SYCOV). The SYCOV represents a second stage in local empowerment in rural areas of southern Mali and illustrates some of the benefits possible through the actual transfer of economic authority into the hands of farmers' associations.

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