Smallholder farmers and contract farming in developing countries. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2020 Meemken EM, Bellemare MF.
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Contract farming, contract design and smallholder livelihoods* [PDF]
Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2021 Contract farming has gained in importance in many developing countries. Previous studies analysed effects of contracts on smallholder farmers’ welfare, yet mostly without considering that different types of contractual relationships exist. Here, we examine associations between contract farming and farm household income in the oil palm sector of Ghana ...
Anette Ruml +2 more
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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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, 2021 Contract farming is an arrangement in which buyers request farmers to provide agricultural goods under contract, as opposed to procuring these in spot markets. This chapter provides an introduction to contract farming and explains its significance and considerable expansion in contemporary agriculture.
Perez Nino, Helena, Oya, Carlos
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Women’s Participation in Contract Farming
The Journal of Development Studies, 2023 Smallholder farmers in lower-income countries often lack access to agricultural inputs, services, and markets. This holds especially for female farmers, with important negative implications for agricultural productivity, child welfare, and rural development.
Phyllis Mumia Machio, Eva-Marie Meemken
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Investigating factors affecting the development of contract farming. Case study: tomatoes in Kermanshah Province [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of BiologyThe escalating demands of a growing population and rising living standards strain the efficiency of traditional agricultural methods in fulfilling consumer nutritional needs.
H. Hossein Abadi +3 more
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Demythifying contract farming: Evidence from rural South Africa [PDF]
Agrekon, 2012 This paper intends to contribute to the ongoing debate about whether and how restructured agri-food markets can provide viable market opportunities for small-scale farmers in South Africa. It analyses contract farming from the small-scale farmer perspective to better understand the implications for small-scale farmers of contractual arrangements with ...
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PENGARUH KEMITRAAN TERHADAP RISIKO USAHA TANI TEMBAKAU DI KABUPATEN BOJONEGORO PROVINSI JAWA TIMUR
Jurnal Manajemen & Agribisnis, 2015 The tobacco farming faces many risks, especially, price and production risk. Farmers mitigate these risks by conducting contract farming with PT. Gudang Garam, Tbk.
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Analyzing the Adoption of Improved Production Technologies among Cassava Contract and Non-Contract Farmers in Kogi State, Nigeria [PDF]
Tikrit Journal for Agricultural SciencesThis study assessed the adoption of improved production technologies among cassava contract and non-contract farmers in Kogi State, Nigeria. These technologies are improved variety, recommended time of planting, recommended planting space and depth, use ...
Christopher Obe Adah +3 more
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Exploratory Analysis of Contract Farming: Evidence from Ethiopia’s Barley Contract Farming [PDF]
International Journal of Engineering and Management Research, 2019 La llegada de las empresas cerveceras multinacionales al sector cervecero etíope ha contribuido a la introducción de los Acuerdos de Agricultura por Contrato (CFA) entre los pequeños agricultores de malta en diversas partes del país. Es decir, después de la llegada de las empresas cerveceras multinacionales al panorama empresarial etíope, las ...
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