investigates whether cotton market structures can be used to spur the intensification of smallholder food production. Especially … food crop intensification and productivity. With this aim, a conceptual framework linking cotton institutional structures … largely unsolved riddle. In light of the great institutional diversity across cotton sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa, this study …

Cotton yields in Mali have fallen during the past 15 years while maize yields have risen. The objective of this study … of these key crops. In particular, this study seeks to understand the causes of the drop in cotton yields in southern … cotton to grain crops – was an important and under-recognized factor in the decline in cotton and simultaneous rise in grain …

affects agricultural prices and intensification of farming. We then test these predictions using large-scale survey data from … an array of econometric models. We find that agricultural price behavior and intensification is determined by proximity … on uptake of modern inputs and yields on farms, the effects on prices and intensification measures are lower for farmers …

absence or inadequacy of risk-mitigating institutions and markets, and the need to protect the world's poorest communities … convincing, that the programs are not cost-effective and do not allocate resources optimally, and that private institutions are … expensive, and that reduced intervention can promote competition, help develop alternative institutions, and release funds for …

affects agricultural prices and intensification of farming. We then test these predictions using large-scale survey data from … an array of econometric models. We find that agricultural price behavior and intensification is determined by proximity … on uptake of modern inputs and yields on farms, the effects on prices and intensification measures are lower for farmers …