Cotton Price Policy and New Cereal Technology in the Malian Cotton Zone

Jeanne Y. Coulibaly, John H. Sanders, Paul Preckel () and Timothy Baker ()

No 103755, 2011 Annual Meeting, July 24-26, 2011, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

Abstract: During the last decade, cotton production and area have been declining as a result of depleting soil nutrients and low cotton prices in the cotton zone of Mali. This paper shows that the Malian government’s 2011 policy to increase the farm gate cotton price as a response to world cotton price increase enhances farm income but has less impact on cotton than on maize production. A complementary policy of introducing new sorghum technologies would have an equal impact on farmers’ incomes in the cotton zone of Mali.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; International Development; Production Economics; Risk and Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.103755

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