In West Africa, approximately 16 million people depend directly or indirectly on cotton cultivation. Cotton plays a … "cotton system." Since the World Trade Organization's 2003 Ministerial Conference in Cancun, the actors in the international … community have recognized the crucial need to address the cotton crisis in an "ambitious, rapid and specific" manner. At the end …

In West Africa, approximately 16 million people depend directly or indirectly on cotton cultivation. But subsidies in … the developed world have suppressed cotton prices and have made it difficult for West African producers to compete … social importance of cotton in West Africa. It retraces the consultation process on the West African cotton crisis with the …

and regions covered in this publication are Austria, the European Union, France, Germany, the Netherlands, North America …