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244 Rebuilding West Africa’s food potential General conclusion Policies and development programs need effective producer organ ...

Chapter 7. GAIN methodology to enhance producer organizations’ capacity for market integration 245 Choosing umbrella organizatio ...

246 Rebuilding West Africa’s food potential experimentation and adjustment, over time. This process is driven by the belief that ...

Chapter 7. GAIN methodology to enhance producer organizations’ capacity for market integration 247 other technical support staff ...

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Part 2 FOOD VALUE CHAIN COUNTRY CASE STUDIES ...

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Chapter 8 Cocoa and cotton commodity chains in West Africa: Policy and institutional roles for smallholder market participation ...

Table of Contents Introduction 253 Background 254 2.1 Cocoa and cotton in West Africa 254 2.2 Structural adjustment and privati ...

Chapter 8. Cocoa and cotton commodity chains in West Africa 253 Introduction Cocoa and cotton are important commodity exports ...

254 Rebuilding West Africa’s food potential discussed. The paper concludes by assessing implications for smallholder farmers. Al ...

Chapter 8. Cocoa and cotton commodity chains in West Africa 255 Some primary processing is required for each crop. Seed cotton i ...

256 Rebuilding West Africa’s food potential producers (Archer Daniels Midland [ADM], Cargill, Barry Callebaut) have recently bui ...

Chapter 8. Cocoa and cotton commodity chains in West Africa 257 These West African countries have faced volatile world markets f ...

258 Rebuilding West Africa’s food potential Figure 1. Monthly International Cocoa and Cotton Prices, 1970-2011 Source: IMF, Inte ...

Chapter 8. Cocoa and cotton commodity chains in West Africa 259 In the case of cotton, negative experiences with structural adju ...

260 Rebuilding West Africa’s food potential Value chains for cocoa and cotton remain similar to those found under parastatal man ...

Chapter 8. Cocoa and cotton commodity chains in West Africa 261 the success of producer organizations whose primary function is ...

262 Rebuilding West Africa’s food potential Table 3 shows estimated prices along the cocoa value chain for the year 2002 in Côte ...

Chapter 8. Cocoa and cotton commodity chains in West Africa 263 farmgate price in Cameroon also follows the ICCO price after lib ...