Hanging by a Thread: Cotton, Globalization, and Poverty in Africa

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Author: William G. Moseley

ISBN-10: 0896802604

ISBN-13: 9780896802605

Category: Africa - International Business

The textile industry was one of the first manufacturing activities to be organized globally, as mechanized production in Europe used cotton from the various colonies. Africa, the least developed of the world's major regions, is now increasingly engaged in the production of this crop for the global market, and debates about the pros and cons of this trend have intensified. Hanging by a Thread: Cotton, Globalization, and Poverty in Africa illuminates the connections between Africa and the...

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The textile industry was one of the first manufacturing activities to become organized globally, as mechanized production in Europe used cotton from the various colonies. Africa, the least developed of the world’s major regions, is now increasingly engaged in the production of this crop for the global market, and debates about the pros and cons of this trend have intensified. Hanging by a Thread: Cotton, Globalization, and Poverty in Africa illuminates the connections between Africa and the global economy. The editors offer a compelling set of linked studies that detail one aspect of the globalization process in Africa, the cotton commodity chain.

Preface and AcknowledgmentsContributorsIntroduction: Cotton, Globalization, and Poverty in Africa William G. Moseley Moseley, William G. Leslie C. Gray Gray, Leslie C. 1Part I Global Cotton, Local CrisesChapter 1 Producing Poverty: Power Relations and Price Formation in the Cotton Commodity Chains of West Africa Thomas J. Bassett Bassett, Thomas J. 35Chapter 2 Cotton Production in Burkina Faso: International Rhetoric versus Local Realities Leslie C. Gray Gray, Leslie C. 65Chapter 3 Mali's Cotton Conundrum: Commodity Production and Development on the Periphery William G. Moseley Moseley, William G. 83Chapter 4 The Decline of Bt Cotton in KwaZulu-Natal: Technology and Institutions Marnus Gouse Gouse, Marnus Bhavani Shankar Shankar, Bhavani Colin Thirtle Thirtle, Colin 103Part II Organizing Cotton: National-Level Reforms and Rural LivelihoodsChapter 5 The Many Paths of Cotton Sector Reform in East and Southern Africa: Lessons from a Decade of Experience David Tschirley Tschirley, David Colin Poulton Poulton, Colin Duncan Boughton Boughton, Duncan 123Chapter 6 Cotton Production, Poverty, and Inequality in Rural Benin: Evidence from the 1990s Corinne Siaens Siaens, Corinne Quentin Wodon Wodon, Quentin 159Chapter 7 Rural Development Is More Than Commodity Production: Cotton in the Farming System of Kita, Mali Dolores Koenig Koenig, Dolores 177Chapter 8 Cotton Casualties and Cooperatives: Reinventing Farmer Collectives at the Expense of Rural Malian Communities? Scott M. Lacy Lacy, Scott M. 207Part III Alternate Futures: Genetically Engineered and Organic CottonChapter 9 Genetically Engineered Cotton:Politics, Science, and Power in West Africa Jim Bingen Bingen, Jim 227Chapter 10 Organic Cotton in Sub-Saharan Africa: A New Development Paradigm? Brian M. Dowd Dowd, Brian M. 251Conclusion: Hanging by a Thread: The Future of Cotton in Africa Leslie C. Gray Gray, Leslie C. William G. Moseley Moseley, William G. 272