Description: Farm Productivity and Market Structure : Evidence from Cotton Reforms in Zambia

Farm Productivity and Market Structure : Evidence from Cotton Reforms in Zambia

This paper investigates the impacts of cotton marketing reforms on farm productivity, a key element for poverty alleviation, in rural Zambia. The reforms comprised the elimination of the Zambian cotton marketing board that was in place since 1977. Following liberalization, the sector adopted an outg...

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Main Authors:	Brambilla, Irene, Porto, Guido G.
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL LIBERALIZATION AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE ALTERNATIVE CROPS ANIMALS AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY BEANS BENCHMARK CASH CROPS CHOICE OF CROPS COMMODITY COTTON COTTON CROP COTTON MARKETING COTTON PRICES COTTON PRODUCTION COTTON SECTOR COTTON SEEDS COTTON YIELDS CREDIT MARKETS CROP CROP HUSBANDRY CROPPING CULTIVATION DEREGULATION ECONOMICS EQUIPMENT EXCESS DEMAND EXPORT CROPS EXTENSION SERVICES EXTERNALITIES FAMILY FARMS FARM FARM ASSETS FARM INCOME FARM PRODUCTIVITY FARM SIZE FARM-GATE FARMER FARMER PARTICIPATION FARMERS FARMING FARMS FERTILIZERS FIXED COSTS FOOD CROP FOOD CROPS FOOD MARKETS FOOD NEEDS FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY GDP GENDER GINNERIES GROUNDNUTS HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL IRRIGATION LACK OF CREDIT LAND QUALITY LAND SIZE LAND TENURE LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES LIVESTOCK LIVING CONDITIONS MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MAIZE MAIZE PRODUCTION MILLET MONOPOLIES MONOPOLY NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY RATE OUTGROWER SCHEMES PESTICIDE POST HARVEST PRODUCE PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PURCHASE PRICE REGRESSION ANALYSIS RETURNS TO SCALE RISK AVERSION RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY SEEDS SMALL FARMS SMALLHOLDERS SOCIAL CAPITAL SORGHUM SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUBSISTENCE SUNFLOWER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEXTILES TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY VALUE ADDED WEALTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/6759729/farm-productivity-market-structure-evidence-cotton-reforms-zambia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8686

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Summary:	This paper investigates the impacts of cotton marketing reforms on farm productivity, a key element for poverty alleviation, in rural Zambia. The reforms comprised the elimination of the Zambian cotton marketing board that was in place since 1977. Following liberalization, the sector adopted an outgrower scheme, whereby firms provided extension services to farmers and sold inputs on loans that were repaid at the time of harvest. There are two distinctive phases of the reforms: a failure of the outgrower scheme, and a subsequent period of success of the scheme. The authors' findings indicate that the reforms led to interesting dynamics in cotton farming. During the phase of failure, farmers were pushed back into subsistence and productivity in cotton declined. With the improvement of the outgrower scheme of later years, farmers devoted larger shares of land to cash crops, and farm productivity significantly increased.

Farm Productivity and Market Structure : Evidence from Cotton Reforms in Zambia

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