Cultivating Poverty

The impact of US cotton subsidies on Africa

Briefing Paper

Published: Sep 01, 2002

Publication Summary

American cotton subsidies are destroying livelihoods in Africa and other developing regions. By encouraging over-production and export dumping, these subsidies are driving down world prices—now at their lowest levels since the Great Depression. While America's cotton barons get rich on government transfers, African farmers suffer the consequences.

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