AN ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT POLICY INITIATIVES IN ZAMBIA’S COTTON SECTOR
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@MISC{Zulu_anassessment,
author = {Ballard Zulu and David Tschirley},
title = {AN ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT POLICY INITIATIVES IN ZAMBIA’S COTTON SECTOR},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
cotton sector has recently been hailed as a “remarkable success ” in many ways (Boughton, et al. 2003; Tschirley and Zulu 2003a; Tschirley and Zulu 2003b). While the sector continues to face major challenges to raise quality and productivity and thus improve its competitiveness in world markets, cotton production has grown by about 15% per year since 1999, and exports of cotton and textiles are first among agricultural exports in value (Export Board of Zambia, 2001). The two closest competitors to cotton during this time – fresh flowers and sugar – are primarily produced, respectively, by larger commercial farmers and plantations. Cotton is almost entirely a smallholder crop, and is arguably the most important source of
