NDLI: Contract farming in developing countries: Theory, practice, and policy implications

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Contract farming in developing countries: Theory, practice, and policy implications

Content Provider	Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
Author	Minot, Nicholas Sawyer, Bradley
Organization	IFPRI - Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division
Description	Chapter 4 (Minot and Sawyer) provides clarity on the opportunities and limitations of contract farming as an institution that facilitates agricultural intensification by smallholders. They find that contract farming is more viable in value chains of fruits and vegetables for quality-sensitive markets, commercial dairy and poultry production, and certain cash crops (for example, tea, tobacco, sugarcane, and cotton). In terms of income benefits for smallholders, most case studies found considerable increases in income, in the range 25–75 percent.
Related Links	https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/e2eb718e-80aa-429c-a26e-5095b2f2e610
File Format	PDF
DOI	10.2499/9780896292130_04
Language	English
Publisher	International Food Policy Research Institute
Publisher Date	2016-10-21
Publisher Place	Washington, DC
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Subject Keyword	Policies, Institutions, and Markets Value Chains Retail Marketing Transport Farmers Organizations Smallholders Market Access Trade Wholesale Marketing Producer Organizations Food Processing
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter
Subject	Agronomy and Crop Science Food Science Plant Science

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