Farm Productivity and Market Structure : Evidence from Cotton Reforms in Zambia

This paper investigates the impacts of cotton marketing reforms on farm productivity, a key element for poverty alleviation, in rural Zambia. The reforms comprised the elimination of the Zambian cotton marketing board that was in place since 1977. Following liberalization, the sector adopted an outg...

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Main Authors:	Brambilla, Irene, Porto, Guido G.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL LIBERALIZATION AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE ALTERNATIVE CROPS ANIMALS AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY BEANS BENCHMARK CASH CROPS CHOICE OF CROPS COMMODITY COTTON COTTON CROP COTTON MARKETING COTTON PRICES COTTON PRODUCTION COTTON SECTOR COTTON SEEDS COTTON YIELDS CREDIT MARKETS CROP CROP HUSBANDRY CROPPING CULTIVATION DEREGULATION ECONOMICS EQUIPMENT EXCESS DEMAND EXPORT CROPS EXTENSION SERVICES EXTERNALITIES FAMILY FARMS FARM FARM ASSETS FARM INCOME FARM PRODUCTIVITY FARM SIZE FARM-GATE FARMER FARMER PARTICIPATION FARMERS FARMING FARMS FERTILIZERS FIXED COSTS FOOD CROP FOOD CROPS FOOD MARKETS FOOD NEEDS FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY GDP GENDER GINNERIES GROUNDNUTS HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL IRRIGATION LACK OF CREDIT LAND QUALITY LAND SIZE LAND TENURE LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES LIVESTOCK LIVING CONDITIONS MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MAIZE MAIZE PRODUCTION MILLET MONOPOLIES MONOPOLY NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY RATE OUTGROWER SCHEMES PESTICIDE POST HARVEST PRODUCE PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PURCHASE PRICE REGRESSION ANALYSIS RETURNS TO SCALE RISK AVERSION RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY SEEDS SMALL FARMS SMALLHOLDERS SOCIAL CAPITAL SORGHUM SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUBSISTENCE SUNFLOWER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEXTILES TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY VALUE ADDED WEALTH
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spelling	okr-10986-86862021-04-23T14:02:40Z Farm Productivity and Market Structure : Evidence from Cotton Reforms in Zambia Brambilla, Irene Porto, Guido G. AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL LIBERALIZATION AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE ALTERNATIVE CROPS ANIMALS AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY BEANS BENCHMARK CASH CROPS CHOICE OF CROPS COMMODITY COTTON COTTON CROP COTTON MARKETING COTTON PRICES COTTON PRODUCTION COTTON SECTOR COTTON SEEDS COTTON YIELDS CREDIT MARKETS CROP CROP HUSBANDRY CROPPING CULTIVATION DEREGULATION ECONOMICS EQUIPMENT EXCESS DEMAND EXPORT CROPS EXTENSION SERVICES EXTERNALITIES FAMILY FARMS FARM FARM ASSETS FARM INCOME FARM PRODUCTIVITY FARM SIZE FARM-GATE FARMER FARMER PARTICIPATION FARMERS FARMING FARMS FERTILIZERS FIXED COSTS FOOD CROP FOOD CROPS FOOD MARKETS FOOD NEEDS FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY GDP GENDER GINNERIES GROUNDNUTS HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL IRRIGATION LACK OF CREDIT LAND QUALITY LAND SIZE LAND TENURE LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES LIVESTOCK LIVING CONDITIONS MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MAIZE MAIZE PRODUCTION MILLET MONOPOLIES MONOPOLY NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY RATE OUTGROWER SCHEMES PESTICIDE POST HARVEST PRODUCE PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PURCHASE PRICE REGRESSION ANALYSIS RETURNS TO SCALE RISK AVERSION RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY SEEDS SMALL FARMS SMALLHOLDERS SOCIAL CAPITAL SORGHUM SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUBSISTENCE SUNFLOWER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEXTILES TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY VALUE ADDED WEALTH This paper investigates the impacts of cotton marketing reforms on farm productivity, a key element for poverty alleviation, in rural Zambia. The reforms comprised the elimination of the Zambian cotton marketing board that was in place since 1977. Following liberalization, the sector adopted an outgrower scheme, whereby firms provided extension services to farmers and sold inputs on loans that were repaid at the time of harvest. There are two distinctive phases of the reforms: a failure of the outgrower scheme, and a subsequent period of success of the scheme. The authors' findings indicate that the reforms led to interesting dynamics in cotton farming. During the phase of failure, farmers were pushed back into subsistence and productivity in cotton declined. With the improvement of the outgrower scheme of later years, farmers devoted larger shares of land to cash crops, and farm productivity significantly increased. 2012-06-21T18:39:36Z 2012-06-21T18:39:36Z 2006-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/6759729/farm-productivity-market-structure-evidence-cotton-reforms-zambia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8686 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3904 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Zambia
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topic	AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL LIBERALIZATION AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE ALTERNATIVE CROPS ANIMALS AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY BEANS BENCHMARK CASH CROPS CHOICE OF CROPS COMMODITY COTTON COTTON CROP COTTON MARKETING COTTON PRICES COTTON PRODUCTION COTTON SECTOR COTTON SEEDS COTTON YIELDS CREDIT MARKETS CROP CROP HUSBANDRY CROPPING CULTIVATION DEREGULATION ECONOMICS EQUIPMENT EXCESS DEMAND EXPORT CROPS EXTENSION SERVICES EXTERNALITIES FAMILY FARMS FARM FARM ASSETS FARM INCOME FARM PRODUCTIVITY FARM SIZE FARM-GATE FARMER FARMER PARTICIPATION FARMERS FARMING FARMS FERTILIZERS FIXED COSTS FOOD CROP FOOD CROPS FOOD MARKETS FOOD NEEDS FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY GDP GENDER GINNERIES GROUNDNUTS HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL IRRIGATION LACK OF CREDIT LAND QUALITY LAND SIZE LAND TENURE LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES LIVESTOCK LIVING CONDITIONS MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MAIZE MAIZE PRODUCTION MILLET MONOPOLIES MONOPOLY NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY RATE OUTGROWER SCHEMES PESTICIDE POST HARVEST PRODUCE PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PURCHASE PRICE REGRESSION ANALYSIS RETURNS TO SCALE RISK AVERSION RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY SEEDS SMALL FARMS SMALLHOLDERS SOCIAL CAPITAL SORGHUM SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUBSISTENCE SUNFLOWER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEXTILES TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY VALUE ADDED WEALTH
spellingShingle	AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL LIBERALIZATION AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE ALTERNATIVE CROPS ANIMALS AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY BEANS BENCHMARK CASH CROPS CHOICE OF CROPS COMMODITY COTTON COTTON CROP COTTON MARKETING COTTON PRICES COTTON PRODUCTION COTTON SECTOR COTTON SEEDS COTTON YIELDS CREDIT MARKETS CROP CROP HUSBANDRY CROPPING CULTIVATION DEREGULATION ECONOMICS EQUIPMENT EXCESS DEMAND EXPORT CROPS EXTENSION SERVICES EXTERNALITIES FAMILY FARMS FARM FARM ASSETS FARM INCOME FARM PRODUCTIVITY FARM SIZE FARM-GATE FARMER FARMER PARTICIPATION FARMERS FARMING FARMS FERTILIZERS FIXED COSTS FOOD CROP FOOD CROPS FOOD MARKETS FOOD NEEDS FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY GDP GENDER GINNERIES GROUNDNUTS HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL IRRIGATION LACK OF CREDIT LAND QUALITY LAND SIZE LAND TENURE LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES LIVESTOCK LIVING CONDITIONS MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MAIZE MAIZE PRODUCTION MILLET MONOPOLIES MONOPOLY NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY RATE OUTGROWER SCHEMES PESTICIDE POST HARVEST PRODUCE PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PURCHASE PRICE REGRESSION ANALYSIS RETURNS TO SCALE RISK AVERSION RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY SEEDS SMALL FARMS SMALLHOLDERS SOCIAL CAPITAL SORGHUM SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUBSISTENCE SUNFLOWER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEXTILES TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY VALUE ADDED WEALTH Brambilla, Irene Porto, Guido G. Farm Productivity and Market Structure : Evidence from Cotton Reforms in Zambia
geographic_facet	Africa Zambia
relation	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3904
description	This paper investigates the impacts of cotton marketing reforms on farm productivity, a key element for poverty alleviation, in rural Zambia. The reforms comprised the elimination of the Zambian cotton marketing board that was in place since 1977. Following liberalization, the sector adopted an outgrower scheme, whereby firms provided extension services to farmers and sold inputs on loans that were repaid at the time of harvest. There are two distinctive phases of the reforms: a failure of the outgrower scheme, and a subsequent period of success of the scheme. The authors' findings indicate that the reforms led to interesting dynamics in cotton farming. During the phase of failure, farmers were pushed back into subsistence and productivity in cotton declined. With the improvement of the outgrower scheme of later years, farmers devoted larger shares of land to cash crops, and farm productivity significantly increased.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Brambilla, Irene Porto, Guido G.
author_facet	Brambilla, Irene Porto, Guido G.
author_sort	Brambilla, Irene
title	Farm Productivity and Market Structure : Evidence from Cotton Reforms in Zambia
title_short	Farm Productivity and Market Structure : Evidence from Cotton Reforms in Zambia
title_full	Farm Productivity and Market Structure : Evidence from Cotton Reforms in Zambia
title_fullStr	Farm Productivity and Market Structure : Evidence from Cotton Reforms in Zambia
title_full_unstemmed	Farm Productivity and Market Structure : Evidence from Cotton Reforms in Zambia
title_sort	farm productivity and market structure : evidence from cotton reforms in zambia
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/6759729/farm-productivity-market-structure-evidence-cotton-reforms-zambia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8686
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Farm Productivity and Market Structure : Evidence from Cotton Reforms in Zambia

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