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Blockchain-Enabled Traceability in the Rice Supply Chain: Insights from the TRACE-RICE Project. [PDF]

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Gonçalves C, Fernandes J, Brites C.
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Contract farming as partial insurance

World Development, 2021
Abstract A core result of contract theory is that contracts can help transfer risk from one party to another, the latter insuring the former. We test this prediction and explore the mechanism behind it in the context of contract farming, the economic institution wherein a processor contracts the production of a commodity to a grower. Specifically, we
Bellemare, Marc F, Lee, Yu Na, Novak, Lindsey   +2 more
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Dynamic incentives for sustainable contract farming

Production and operations management, 2023
The rise of contract farming has transformed millions of farmers' lives. We study a new class of contract farming problems, where the farmer holds superior information and can invest effort to improve productivity over time. Despite their prevalence, the
Wei Zhang, Long Gao, Mohammad Zolghadr, Dawei Jian, Mohsen ElHafsi   +4 more
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Determinants and impacts of contract farming: evidence from cultivation of onion, okra and pomegranate in Maharashtra, India

Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 2023
PurposeThis study investigates the impact of contract farming in onion, okra and pomegranate production on profits of smallholder farmers in India. It also investigates the determinants of farmers’ participation in contract farming. The study is based on
Anjani Kumar, D. Roy, G. Tripathi, P. Joshi   +3 more
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The Impact of Contract Farming on Agricultural Product Supply in Developing Economies

Production and operations management, 2021
Motivated by “company+farmer” farming operations of Wens, New Hope Liuhe, and Huiren, this study formalizes the impact of production‐management and resource‐providing types of contract farming, in which the buying firm commits to an ex ante procurement ...
Jiguang Chen, Ying‐ju Chen
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Contract farming configuration: Smallholders’ preferences for contract design attributes

Food Policy, 2013
While Contract Farming (CF) can enhance smallholders’ income in developing countries, empirical research on the motivation of smallholders to participate in CF is scarce. This paper explores farmer preferences for particular contract design attributes.
Abebe, G.K., Bijman, J., Kemp, R.G.M., Omta, S.W.F., Tsegaye, A.   +4 more
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Production and green technology investment strategy for contract-farming supply chain under yield insurance

Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2022
We consider a contract-farming supply chain with multiple farmers and an agro-dealer, where farmers are risk-averse and they invest in green technologies. To hedge the risk of yield uncertainty, farmers can purchase agricultural yield insurance. We build
Ligang Shi, Tao Pang, Hongjun Peng
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Contract farming: a comparison of production and marketing contracts as sourcing strategies in the fast food restaurant industry

Journal of Foodservice Business Research
The study sought to determine the most effective type of contract for sourcing broiler chickens from poultry farmers in Zimbabwe. Contract farming is used as a form of supplier development by restaurant businesses to source broiler chickens through ...
P. Mukucha, Stephen Tsekea, D. Jaravaza, Nomuhle Jaravaza   +3 more
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Contract farming, capital and state: Corporatisation of Indian agriculture

Hypatia, 2022
of theoretical and empirical horizons of research on contract farming in India, especially Punjab. It demonstrates, using novel sources of evidence like interviews with global and domestic corporations and question hour proceedings of parliament, how ...
W. Bello
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Adapting Contract Theory to Fit Contract Farming

2013
This article discusses the current state of contract theory and its usefulness for conceptualizing issues related to agricultural contracting. I will discuss the limitations of existing theory for applied work, and what methodological improvements are needed to enhance the usefulness of the theory to agricultural economists.
Wu, Steven Y., Wu, Steven Y.
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