The cotton boom in Burkina Faso consisted of a growth in cotton land shares together with
an overall increase in total cultivated land. This paper examines the impact of institutional …

This paper builds on work from the agrarian change and political ecology literatures to
analyze the process of agrarian change among smallholder cotton farmers in southwestern …

This article argues that the politics of scale in a nested hierarchy of cotton governance
institutions in Burkina Faso are weighted against smaller producers, with what looks like …

This report investigated the role that cotton production has played in the economic
development and poverty reduction in Burkina Faso, with a principal focus on how cotton …

Research findings based on Kenyan data have provided support for the hypothesis that
output per acre is higher on smallholder settlements than on large farms. This paper …

ABSTRACT Like other West African cotton producers, Burkina Faso's cotton strategy has
traditionally involved substantial government intervention in both input and output markets …

It is widely agreed that smallholder-led agricultural growth would contribute most to
improved food security and reduced poverty. Yet, how to achieve broader and more …

ABSTRACT Like other West African cotton producers, Burkina Faso's cotton strategy has
traditionally involved substantial government intervention in both input and output markets …

This article reviews the past and potential future roles of land tenure reforms and land
markets in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) as responses to population growth in the process of …

This chapter addresses such questions as how do detailed studies of rural households and
farming systems help to elucidate the role of agriculture in economic development? It argues …