analysis of the global and african cotton economy in relation to proposed multilateral trade reforms implications for usaid policy strategy volume ii april 2005 this publication was produced review by united states agency international development it prepared john e lamb principal associate agribusiness abt associates inc consultant wallace tyner ph d m dean ethridge annex a scope work us alternatives support agoa ieha1 background subsector sometimes called cluster because backward forward linkages cross over textile apparel oilseed animal feed industries is great economic political importance many different countries both developed developing lint products such as cottonseed cake oil together generate significant share agricultural gdp agriculturally based exports assisted specialty textiles traditional cloth handicrafts that use are potentially export items well those reasons must be taken into account
