Description: Reform Experience with the Tanzanian Cotton Sector

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Reform Experience with the Tanzanian Cotton Sector

Cotton, Tanzania's second largest crop after coffee, was introduced at the turn of the century by German settlers as a plantation crop but later efforts focused on smallholder production. Output rose considerably with the releases of new varie...

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Main Author:	Baffes, John
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTANCY AGRICULTURE CENTRAL PLANNING COFFEE CONTRACT FARMING COOPERATIVES COTTON COTTON MARKETING COTTON PRODUCTION COTTON SALES COTTON SECTOR CROP DEBT EXPORT CROPS FAIR TRADE FARMERS FARMS GINNERIES INFLATION INPUT PRICES INPUT USE INTEREST RATES MARKET PRICES MARKETING COSTS OIL PESTICIDES PLANTING POLICY DECISIONS POLICY MAKERS PRODUCERS PURCHASING QUALITY CONTROL SEED SEED MARKETING SEEDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAXATION YIELDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6206447/reform-experience-tanzanian-cotton-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9662

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Summary:	Cotton, Tanzania's second largest crop after coffee, was introduced at the turn of the century by German settlers as a plantation crop but later efforts focused on smallholder production. Output rose considerably with the releases of new varieties, along with better organization of the sector following establishment of the Tanganyika Lint and Seed Marketing Board in 1956. By 1966, production reached 80,000 tons, or 0.75 percent of world production of 10.7 million tons.