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Mapping an Enabling Environment for the Adoption of Contract Farming: A Bottom-of-the-Pyramid Analysis of Factors Affecting Scaling in the Cotton Sector in Zambia

International Journal of Advanced Business Studies
In Zambia, cotton contract farming has faced significant hurdles in scaling, primarily due to the complexities involved in engaging with smallholder farmers at the Bottom of the Pyramid.
Alibandila Siwiwaliondo1, Javaid Ahmad Dar   +1 more
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Rice contract farming in Lao PDR: Moving from subsistence to commercial agriculture [PDF]

, 2008
Poverty is prevalent among small farms in transition economies such as the Lao PDR, where market failures prevail and subsistence production is the norm.
Leung, PingSun, Sethboonsarng, Sununtar, Stefan, Adam   +2 more
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Oil Palm Boom, Contract Farming, and Village Development: Evidence from Indonesia [PDF]

, 2015
Through contract farming schemes between cohorts of farmers and private companies the Indonesian government intended to spur rural economic development. In particular within the oil palm sector, such community-company 'partnerships' are commonplace. Yet,
Gatto, Marcel, Qaim, Matin, Rosyani, Ir., Wollni, Meike   +3 more
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Mode of Operation and Performance of Contract Farming of Cottonseed in Haryana [PDF]

The quality of cottonseed matters most for the successful product development. The quality cottonseed production is monitored by the Haryana State Seed Certification Agency in the state.
Chakarvarty, Kavita, Chand, Puran, Dabas, J.P.S., Devender, Kumar, Shiv   +4 more
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Agribusiness investment: small farmers' strategies and women's role to cope with changes [PDF]

, 2014
What strategies households adopt to cope in an environment transformed by the development of a large-scale plantation or a contract farming scheme? and, especially, what role do women play to cope with the changes? This communication explores households¿
Andriamanalina, Beby Seheno, Brès, Aurélie, Burnod, Perrine   +2 more
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Smallholder farmers and contract farming in developing countries. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2020
Meemken EM, Bellemare MF.
europepmc   +1 more source

Vertical coordination in high-value commodities [PDF]

"Rising per capita income, urbanization and globalization are changing the consumption basket in the developing countries towards high-value commodities (like fruits & vegetables, milk, meat, poultry, fish, etc.). This paper explores how smallholders can
Birthal, Pratap S., Gulati, Ashok, Joshi, P. K.   +2 more
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Trade, Food Standards and Poverty: The Case of High-Value Vegetable Exports from Senegal [PDF]

Agricultural supply chains are changing globally with pervasive food standards and increased vertical coordination. The impact of these changes for developing countries and for small farmers in those countries is not yet well understood.
Maertens, Miet
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Contract farming and rural transformation: Evidence from a field experiment in Benin.

J Dev Econ, 2021
Arouna A, Michler JD, Lokossou JC.
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Contract Farming in Perspective

Abstract This chapter clarifies the definition of contract farming used in the book and provides a concise account of the recent history of contract farming and of its protagonists. Given that there is no systematic data globally on the reach and extent of contract farming, this chapter presents existing estimates of the prevalence of ...
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