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Can higher producer prices help revitalize the cotton production in Benin

UNCTAD Virtual Institute Seminar on Trade and Poverty. Can higher producer prices help revitalize the cotton production in Benin. Epiphane Adjovi Director CAPOD. September 2014 Geneva, Switzerland. The problem of cotton in Benin. Cotton : a strategic crop for the agricultural sector

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Can higher producer prices help revitalize the cotton production in Benin

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  1. UNCTADVirtual InstituteSeminaronTrade and Poverty Can higher producer prices help revitalize the cotton production in Benin EpiphaneAdjovi Director CAPOD • September2014 • Geneva, Switzerland

  2. The problem of cotton in Benin • Cotton : a strategic crop for the agricultural sector • The most important cash crop for farmers • Many other agricultural and non agricultural activities are related to cotton • Source of export revenue for the government • But several constrain to the sector • Unfavorable international environment and markets • Farmers complain about the low producer price and late payment • Low yield and poor management of the sector discouraged producers • Higher poverty among cotton farmers

  3. What to do? • Contribution of all actors in the development of the cotton sector • Social responsibility of the government in the context of limited resources and International conjuncture • Invest in research, infrastructure, access to input and credit. • Bring in progressively and strengthen the private sector in a PPP model • Reforms in the management of the sector • Pursuit of the diversification of the economy

  4. Researcher/Policy maker cooperation : comments • Research and policy decision: bidirectional relations • Ex-ante and ex-post research to support and evaluate policies • But useful research by academics need to have policy orientations • Opportunities and challenges • Cooperation Policy makers/Researchers to address the gap • Challenges : communication • Application : Political considerations and Unobserved factors at play • Experiences of CAPOD : a research institution for better policy decision making

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