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284 Rebuilding West Africa’s food potential Bourde, T, Y. (2004) A Tale of Three Countries –Structure, Reform and Performance of ...

Chapter 8. Cocoa and cotton commodity chains in West Africa 285 Gockowski, J., Mva, J., Oduwole, S. & Binam, J. N. (2008) In ...

286 Rebuilding West Africa’s food potential Tschirley, D., Poulton, C. & Labaste, P. (2009) Organization and Performance of ...

Chapter 9 Constraints to smallholder participation in high-value agriculture in West Africa Johan F.M. SWINNEN, Liesbeth COLEN a ...

Table of Contents Introduction 289 Increased importance of high-value commodities 289 Organization and structure of high-value ...

Chapter 9. Constraints to smallholder participation in high-value agriculture in West Africa 289 Introduction During the past ...

290 Rebuilding West Africa’s food potential Tropical products include coffee, cocoa, tea, nuts and spices, textile fibres, sugar ...

Chapter 9. Constraints to smallholder participation in high-value agriculture in West Africa 291 Box 1. The rise of Senegal’s fr ...

292 Rebuilding West Africa’s food potential The importance of this shift from traditional to non-traditional export commodities ...

Chapter 9. Constraints to smallholder participation in high-value agriculture in West Africa 293 Figure 5. Share of main traditi ...

294 Rebuilding West Africa’s food potential The characteristics of high-value chains have important consequences for the partici ...

Chapter 9. Constraints to smallholder participation in high-value agriculture in West Africa 295 markets, several developing cou ...

296 Rebuilding West Africa’s food potential A. Contract farming The contracts that exporting firms offer to farmers are usually ...

Chapter 9. Constraints to smallholder participation in high-value agriculture in West Africa 297 4.1 Economic arguments on the i ...

298 Rebuilding West Africa’s food potential were less likely to breach contracts or to divert company investments than large coo ...

Chapter 9. Constraints to smallholder participation in high-value agriculture in West Africa 299 Table 1. Smallholder procuremen ...

300 Rebuilding West Africa’s food potential Therefore, it is crucial to establish sustainable partnerships between producers’ or ...

Chapter 9. Constraints to smallholder participation in high-value agriculture in West Africa 301 export sector in the Senegal Ri ...

302 Rebuilding West Africa’s food potential These employment and labor market effects have received only limited attention by re ...

Chapter 9. Constraints to smallholder participation in high-value agriculture in West Africa 303 Box 6. Income and poverty effec ...