Rural livelihoods

Question 1

1 product regions e.g. cotton =

Answer 1

vulnerable

Question 2

Post-colonial

Answer 2

Colonial patterns = still evident

Trade and production show exchange inequalities

Question 3

Colonial market boards

Answer 3

orientalist
manage and protect price (below global)
centralised
set price

Question 4

Agriculture in early independence - why did they keep the market boards?

Answer 4

To generate tax and revenues
Paid for training and outreach programmes
To develop approaches

Question 5

Between 1888-2000, how much has tropical agriculture decreased by in price?

Answer 5

-67.2%

Question 6

Between 1962-2010, how much has oil price increased?

Answer 6

280%

Question 7

SAPs removed market boards in Cote D’Lvoire, what was the outcome?

Answer 7

Income for state
Short recession
Mid 1980s: redundancies, agriculture decline and crop price decline

Question 8

U.S.A role in cotton subsidies in Africa

Answer 8

Marginalised farmers
Liberalisation shaped the sector
conditions improved slightly, poverty declined
European dominance - not really freedom?

Question 9

China’s engagement in Africa’s agriculture

Answer 9

implemented rules of trade and barriers
recent years has improved –> increase in price and new opportunities e.g. biofuel
persistent disadvantage of no comparative advantage
cotton farmers = no free market