Production cotonnière et réduction de la pauvreté rurale au Burkina Faso: une histoire complexe

Sébastien Bainville ()
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Sébastien Bainville: UMR MOISA - Marchés, Organisations, Institutions et Stratégies d'Acteurs - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier, Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier

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Abstract: This study aims to understand the effects of cotton production on rural poverty in Burkina Faso. Unlike statistical analyses that compare the current consumption of cotton growing families with food crop growing families, the introduction of cotton is here analyzed in a long historical dynamics to understand the resulting technical, economic and social changes. An assessment of agricultural incomes conducted on a sample of farms, is then presented. It turns out that cotton production has increased agricultural productivity and raised farmers living standards but it has also led to social differentiation. More than cotton production, the services related to this cash crop have played a key role, particularly credit. Since the structural adjustment program and the following privatization of the sector, the poorest families are marginalized. Incomes are now highly variable depending on the size of families and the equipment they have. Between the poor families who can not grow cotton and the richest families who diversify their farming systems, cotton is mainly grown by middle-income families.

Date: 2013-06-04
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Published in 1. conférence de la recherche africaine sur l'agriculture, l'alimentation et la nutrition : AGRAR-2013, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD). FRA.; Conseil Ouest et Centre africain pour la recherche et le développement agricoles (CORAF/WECARD). SEN., Jun 2013, Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire. 689 p

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