The development of African economies depends to a great extent on the performance of their agricultural sector, within which export crops play an important role. However, Africa's share of world trade in traditional export crops has declined steadily during the past two decades. This paper focuses on cotton, a key export crop. The world demand for cotton grew at 1.2 percent per annum from 1961 to 1986, less rapidly than cocoa and tea; but Africa's...
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1989/11/30
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Document de synthèse MADIA
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8297
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2010/07/01
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Cotton in Africa : an analysis of differences in performance
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higher level of technology