Increasing incomes of Malian cotton farmers: Is elimination of US subsidies the only solution?

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 418-432

  Baquedano, Felix G ^a   Sanders, John H ^b   Vitale, Jeffrey ^c  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bt cotton; Improved sorghum technology and marketing; Mali; US cotton subsidies

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; COTTON; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MAIZE; SORGHUM; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

MALI; UNITED STATES;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77955053658     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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