The study analyses the impact of agricultural price policy on agricultural production and its composition, agricultural incomes, rural income distribution and the labour economy. The analysis focuses on the cotton sector in Benin where a price stabilisation policy is pursued in combination with a package of services such as extension, input and credit supply, marketing and innovation development. Macro-economic data in Benin are often not available or so unreliable that a micro-economic approach with primary data collection has been chosen. This approach also permits to analyse intra- and inter-household distributional effects of price policy, differentiated by agro-ecological zone, household size, ethnic group and gender.
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Contents: The role of agricultural price policy in developing countries and the choice of the analytical approach - Methodology of price policy analysis - Cost-benefit analysis of crop production - Economic analysis of farm household systems - Farm household decision-making - Modelling the effects of changing cotton prices.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9783631318775
Publisert
1997
Utgiver
Vendor
Peter Lang GmbH
Vekt
710 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
148 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
545

Forfatter
Volume editor

Biographical note

The Author: Michael Bruentrup, born in 1961 in Wuppertal, Germany, studied agricultural sciences at the University of Munich/Weihenstephan where he specialised in plant production and agricultural economics. During this time he also gained broad experiences in various countries of Latin America. Subsequently, he joined the University Hohenheim's multidisciplinary research programme Adapted Farming in West Africa, working as an agricultural economist. Presently he is research coordintor of Hohenheim University for South East Asia.