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The Development of an Agricultural Union in Mali : Increasing Levels of Local Empowerment
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS CIVIL SOCIETY INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE UNIONS EMPOWERMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY FARMER ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS INSTITUTION BUILDING FARMERS TRAINING OF COTTON INDUSTRY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ADOLESCENTS AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT CLINICS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS COTTON COTTON MARKETING COTTON PRODUCTION CROP CROP ROTATION FARM FARMERS FARMING FARMS FOOD CROPS INSTITUTIONALIZATION LOCAL CAPACITY MARKETING NGOS ROOTS SCHOOLS SEEDS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOIL CONSERVATION SOIL FERTILITY STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TEXTILES
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World Bank, Washington, DC
Africa | Mali
2012-08-13T13:13:39Z | 2012-08-13T13:13:39Z | 1999-06
In the early 1990s, the village associations (AV) in the Koutiala regions of southern Mali had an issue to sort out with the Malian Textile Company (CMDT) and won the case. Encouraged by the success, they united efforts again to address other problems and evolved into a union (SYCOV). The SYCOV represents a second stage in local empowerment in rural areas of southern Mali and illustrates some of the benefits possible through the actual transfer of economic authority into the hands of farmers' associations.
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