Rice producer-processor networks in Côte D'Ivoire

TR Number

Date

2009

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

New York, NY: American Geographical Society of New York

Abstract

Côte d'Ivoire reduced state support for rice production and processing in the 1990s. The article describes how rice networks responded to the macroeconomic reforms. Through interviews with farmers in 2002, the authors discovered that in the absence of state support, private millers became the the focal point of regional producer processor rice networks. To increase their role in the national rice supply, rice networks need support through microlending and a focus on niche markets.

Description

Metadata only record

Keywords

Economic growth, Ecosystem management, Imports, Economic policy, Government policy, Laws and regulations, Food security, Survey research methods, Economic statistics and indicators, Commodity production, Farming systems, Rice, Structural adjustment, Farm/Enterprise Scale

Citation

The Geographical Review 99(2): 164-185