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Harnessing Ethnographic Methods to Explore the Epidemiological Significance of Livestock Trading Practices: The Case of Chennai's Broiler Chicken Trade. [PDF]

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Syndicus I, Paramasivam V, Janarthanan G, Houghton E, Mishra P, Yadav K, Nallathambi VR, Dasgupta R, Fournié G, Papaiyan K, Barnett T.   +10 more
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Contract farming and it is impact on farmers

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Vertical farming as a land sparing strategy: GHG implications for UK agricultural landscapes.

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Supply Chain Analysis of Contract Farming

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 2019
Contract farming is a growing practice in developing countries and first-world economies alike. It generates necessary guarantees to sustain the continued operations of vulnerable farmers while enabling the manufacturers to manage the aggregate supply and price risk.
Upmanu Lall, A Serdar Simsek, Awi Federgruen   +2 more
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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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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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AN APPRAISAL OF CONTRACT FARMING

Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1972
This article reviews the circumstances under which contract farming, as one form of vertical integration, is necessary to secure rapid and efficient co‐ordination and adaptability within systems of food production/marketing/distribution. A review of American experience and attitudes indicates that contracting in the U.S.A.
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Analysis of Tax-Farming Contracts

2021
This chapter presents a descriptive analysis of the tax-farming contracts, including prices, annual payments, actual and intended durations, between 1500 and 1800. The prices and annual payments given in contracts are in Ottoman currencies, and they reflect nominal values.
Bora Altay, Fuat Oğuz
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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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