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productivity, 119, 121f, 205n8,209n71quality control in, 88t, 90, 92–93research in, 106, 108t, 161returns to farmers, 123f, 124–26t,127–31, 129f, 133tseeds, sale of, 207n27single-channel system, advantagesand drawbacks of, 4statistical tables, 188–89ton subsidies to cotton farmers,4, 21in typology of SSA cotton sector, xxv,xxvif, 48f, 49, 53, 175management of SSA cotton sectors,improving, 172–73market for cotton, 11–27competition within a producingcountry, 25–26demand side, 14external factors affecting, 15–21forward sales contracts, 25, 167GM versus organic cotton, 12–14international market. Seeinternational cotton marketoil and cake. See oil and cake marketspricing. See prices and pricingsystemsquality requirements, 21–24, 23tseed market, 26, 207n27–28strategies for marketing, 24–26,166–67supply side, 11–14, 13tsynthetic fibers, competition from,14, 21market systems, cotton sectors with,45–46. See also competitivemarket systems; concentratedmarket systemscompany cost efficiency in, 141t, 144decision tree for, 46fdynamism in, 49Mexico, 101monopolies with single-channelmarketing systems, 45–46. Seealso local monopolies; nationalmonopoliesadvantages and drawbacks of, 4–6company cost efficiency in, 140, 141t,142–44decision tree for, 45–46dynamism in, 49historical development and recentevolution of, 31–38oil and cake markets, 97overall competitiveness, 145, 146f,147, 162–63research and, 109returns to farmers in, 132, 133tsustainability, governance, andmanagement of, 172in WCA, 4–6, 31–34, 65, 74, 145–47,160–64, 172monopsony, 45, 103, 161Monsanto, 171Mozambiquecompany cost efficiency in, 139, 140,141t, 142f, 143f, 144, 209n78,210n81focus group discussions by farmertype, methodology for, 134,135, 136–37historical background and recentevolution of cotton sector in,38–41, 43inclusion in study, xxv, 6, 7finput credit and extension in, 73,75–76, 78, 81, 83tmacroeconomic impact of cottonsector in, 148–49t, 150f, 151toil and cake markets, 27t, 97, 98t, 99overall competitiveness, 145, 146f,147, 163performance and structure of sector,link between, xxx,160–61, 162prices and pricing system in, 68–71,69t, 70tproductivity, 120f, 121f, 209n72,209n73quality control in, 88t, 90, 96reform challenges in, xxxiiiresearch in, 107–9, 108t, 112returns to farmers, 123f, 124–26t,127, 128, 129f, 131, 132, 133t,162, 163, 209n75226 INDEX