Effects of the COVID-19 induced cotton crisis on agricultural production and livelihoods of smallholders in southern Mali

Smallholder farming systems are vulnerable to disruptions. The COVID-19 pandemic weakened the financial ability of the Malian government in the 2020–21 growing season to subsidize cotton farmers’ access to mineral fertilizers and the cotton company (CMDT) could not offer a good cotton price. Consequ...

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Main Authors: Arouna Dissa, Maja Slingerland, Ken E. Giller, Katrien Descheemaeker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1269355/full

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