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There is an emerging body of literature analyzing how smallholder farmers in developing countries can be linked to modern supply chains. However, most of the available studies concentrate on farm and farmer characteristics, failing to capture details of institutional arrangements between farmers and traders. Moreover, farmers’ preferences have rarely been [...]

The paper examines the revenue effects of certified organic contract farming for smallholders and of adoption of organic agricultural farming methods in a tropical African context. The comparison in both cases is with farming systems that are “organic by default.” Survey data from a large organic coffee contract farming scheme [...]

The study analyses data collected from 139 non-contract and 144 contract potato growers from four districts of West Bengal in the year 2008. It was found that the contract farmers were more experienced and had more years of schooling and social participation. The average farm harvest price of Atlantic potatoes [...]

The purpose of this paper is to offer an empirical analysis of contract farming for poultry in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Through a probit equation, the factors that relate to farmers' participation in contracting are evaluated. The estimation of income gains is considered within a treatment [...]

The paper analyses the working of the contract farming system for Mentha (mentha arvensis)adopted by Chhattisgarh Agricon Pvt. Ltd., to tap new sources of supply for menthol oil while at the same time promoting rural livelihoods. It examines the experience and performance of mentha contract farming schemes of the [...]

This paper reviews and compares two market-driven strategies: contract farming and producer marketing cooperatives. In passing, the paper critiques the single-minded contract farming emphasis adopted by the New Partnership for African Development and its Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (NEPAD-CAADP). Pursuing ideas put forward by Burt Swanson, the International Food [...]

This study compares contract and non-contract growers of apples and green onions in Shandong Province, China in order to explore the constraints on participation and the impact of contract farming on income. It finds little evidence that firms prefer to work with larger farms, though all farms in the area [...]

This paper quantifies the costs and benefits of contract farming of milk and identifies factors that influence farmers' participation in contract farming. Contract farming is more profitable than independent production.

Foreign direct investments in land can bring economic growth, but they may also have negative impacts on the income and food security of the local population. Using rubber production in Laos as an example, this paper illustrates how concessions and contract farming affect the local population and how their situation [...]