?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F5288%2F&rft.title=Market+Prospects+for+Groundnut+in+West+Africa+CFC+Technical+Paper+No.+39&rft.creator=Ntare%2C+B+R&rft.creator=Waliyar%2C+F&rft.creator=Ramouch%2C+M&rft.creator=Masters%2C+E&rft.creator=Ndjeunga%2C+J&rft.subject=Groundnut&rft.description=Groundnut+production%2C+marketing+and+trade+are+major+sources+of%0D%0Aemployment%2C+income+and+foreign+exchange+in+many+West+African+countries.%0D%0AGroundnut+products+are+of+central+economic+importance+to+millions+of%0D%0Asmallholders+in+this+region.+It+generates+60%25+of+the+rural+cash+income+and%0D%0Aaccounts+for+about+70%25+of+the+rural+labor+force+in+Senegal+and+Gambia.%0D%0AHowever%2C+groundnut+trade+remains+heavily+distorted%2C+and+this+has+affected+the%0D%0Acompetitive+position+of+various+players+in+world+markets.%0D%0APrevious+investments+by+CFC+and+ICRISAT+in+groundnut+research+and%0D%0Adevelopment+have+concentrated+on+providing+technology+options+to+increase%0D%0Ayields+and+tolerance+to+abiotic+and+biotic+stresses.+While+this+has+been+highly%0D%0Asuccessful+in+developing+good+varieties%2C+attention+needs+to+be+devoted+to%0D%0Afactors+of+market+demand.+There+is+now+clear+evidence+that+incentives+or%0D%0Aopportunities+for+market+surplus+production+provide+the+necessary+pull+for%0D%0Aadoption+of+new+varieties.+This+shift+in+paradigm+for+technology+development%0D%0Aand+dissemination+requires+the+identification+of+partners+and+market+linkages%0D%0Abeyond+the+common+belief+that+markets+are+easily+available+if+production+is%0D%0Adone+well.+The+results+of+this+study+are+meant+to+facilitate+this+process.%0D%0AA+range+of+factors+explains+the+limited+competitiveness+of+groundnut+in%0D%0Athe+domestic%2C+regional+and+international+markets.+These+include+low%0D%0Aproduction+and+strict+rules+on+grades+and+standards%2C+which+most+West+African%0D%0Aproducers+often+find+difficult+to+meet.+Domestic+policies+have+also+limited%0D%0Atrade.+This+study+has+provided+background+information+on+groundnut%0D%0Aproduction+in+West+Africa%2C+constraints+to+groundnut+production%2C+processing%0D%0Aand+commercialization.+Additionally%2C+the+study+also+presents+some+market%0D%0Aprospects+for+groundnut+and+groundnut+products%2C+and+explores+ways+to%0D%0Aincrease+groundnut+competitiveness+in+the+domestic%2C+regional+and%0D%0Ainternational+markets.%0D%0AIt+is+our+hope+and+expectation+that+this+report+will+be+valuable+in+the%0D%0Apromotion+of+groundnut+production+and+trade+not+only+in+West+Africa+but+also%0D%0Ain+all+sub-Saharan+Africa+countries+where+the+economies+are+still+agriculturedependent&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=2005&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F5288%2F1%2FJ438_2004%2520CFC-39-Market%2520Prospects%2520for%2520GN%2520in%2520West%2520Africa.pdf&rft.identifier=++Ntare%2C+B+R+and+Waliyar%2C+F+and+Ramouch%2C+M+and+Masters%2C+E+and+Ndjeunga%2C+J++(2005)+Market+Prospects+for+Groundnut+in+West+Africa+CFC+Technical+Paper+No.+39.++Technical+Report.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics%2C+Patancheru%2C+Andhra+Pradesh%2C+India.+++++