Publications
Potential of corporate social responsibility for poverty alleviation among contract sugarcane farmers in the Nzoia Sugarbelt, Western Kenya
31/12/2009
This study examines the potential of corporate social responsibility for poverty alleviation among contract sugarcane farmers in the Nzoia Sugarbelt,Western Kenya. Although contract sugarcane farming is the most dominant and... https://doi-org.fao.idm.oclc.org/10.1007/s10806-009-9165-6
Website: Waswa, F.; Netondo, G.; Maina, L.; Naisiko, T.; Wangamati, J.
Smallholder contract farming of swine in northern Viet Nam: Study design
31/12/2006
Against a backdrop of steady increases in human population, domestic market liberalization, global openness, and urbanization, the demand for livestock food products has soared in the developing world. This demand-led... https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/c1e815b8-8baf-4d21-a469-4547b243a226/content
Website: A. Costales, N.T. Son, L. Lapar, M. Tiongco and C. Delgado
Spot market versus incentive contract
31/12/2009
This paper attempts to develop a consistent theory for the choice of performance contracts in agriculture by analyzing the trade-off between quantity and quality and the presence of competence and... https://newmedit.ciheam.org/share/img_new_medit_articoli/260_12fernandez-olmos.pdf
Website: Fernandez-Olmos, M.; Vinuesa, L. M. M.
Impact of contract farming on income: linking small farmers, packers, and supermarkets in China
31/12/2009
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... https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/wdevel/v37y2009i11p1781-1790.html
Website: Miyata, S.; Minot, N.; Hu DingHuan
Reconfiguring Supply Schemes in the Cocoa Value Chain: Organic Chocolate from Honduras for the Swiss Market. An Executive Interview with Anton von Weissenfluh
31/12/2010
Numerous corporations worldwide source raw materials from developing countries, often not knowing exactly who is producing these commodities. This has been particularly the case in the chocolate and coffee industries.... https://ideas.repec.org/a/ags/ifaamr/96326.html
Website: Ingrid Fromm
Unlocking the potential of contract farming: Lessons from Ghana
31/12/2008
There have been many reviews and evaluations of contract farming and its usefulness for the small farmer in Africa. Some see contractual arrangements as disadvantageous to farmers, while others see... https://www.iied.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/migrate/14575IIED.pdf
Website: Comfort Kudadjie-Freeman, Paul Richards and Paul C. Struik
Factors affecting broiler breed households to participate in contract farming based on an empirical analysis of 201 breed households in Hebei province
31/12/2009
The factors affecting broiler breed households to participate in contract farming were statistically analyzed by using the investigation data of 201 broiler breed households from 11 regions in Hebei province.... https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/full/10.5555/20103121907
Website: Guo HongJuan; Wang Jian; Li Lin
Socio-demographic factor that impinge youth acceptance towards agriculture: the case of contract farming in Malaysia
31/12/2010
Contract farming has been identified as one of the agriculture branches that have a huge potential to attract youth participation in agriculture based on its bigger profits and easiness to... https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/158575013.pdf
Website: Hayrol Azril, M. S.; Silva, J. L. D.; Jegak Uli; Bahaman Abu Samah
Resource use efficiency in organically produced naturally colored cotton under contract farming
31/12/2013
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pavankumar-Gamanagatti/publication/336275156_Resource_use_efficiency_in_Bt_cotton_cultivation_across_different_farm_size_holders_in_northern_transitional_zone_of_Karnataka/links/5d98355292851c2f70eba10b/Resource-use-efficiency-in-Bt-cotton-cultivation-across-different-farm-size-holders-in-northern-transitional-zone-of-Karnataka.pdf
Website: Dodamani, M. T.; Kunnal, L. B.; Basavaraja, H.
Contract and exit decisions in finisher hog production
31/12/2010
Finisher hog production in North America has shifted toward larger units and contract format since 1990. Exit among independent growers has been high. We develop a model showing that growers... http://www.jstor.org/stable/40648011
Website: Dong, F. X.; Hennessy, D. A.; Jensen, H. H.
Farmer's perceptions on contract broiler farming
31/12/2009
The contract poultry farming has been criticised by many researchers as being exploitative, in spite of its advantages to the poor farmers. This paper aims to bring out the perceptions... N/A
Website: Selvi, R. K. T.; Rao, S. V. N.
Contract farming and its implications for input-supply, linkages between markets and farmers in Karnataka
31/12/2008
This study is focused on the economic analysis of contract farming with a comparison of income, access to technology and credit of contract and non-contract farmers. The advantages of contract... https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/47880/2/1-NNagaraj.pdf
Website: N. Nagaraj, M.G. Chandrakanth, P.G. Chengappa, H.S. Roopa and Pramod M. Chandakavate
An innovative marketing model for linking small-scale sorghum farmers to alcohol industry in China: A case study
31/12/2011
Market access is one of the most critical linkages in farming business for the rural farm households, it is also evident that they are a prerequisite for enhancing agriculture-based economic... https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277101631_An_Innovative_Marketing_Model_for_linking_small-scale_Sorghum_Farmers_to_Alcohol_Industry_in_China_A_case_study
Website: Ch. Ravinder Reddy; Zou Jianqiu; Ashok S. Alur, P. Parthasarathy Rao, B.V.S. Reddy and C.L.L. Gowda
Socio-demography factors that influence youth attitude towards contract farming
31/12/2010
Problem statement: Malaysia is one of the developing countries that rely on agriculture to boost its economy sector. This can be proved through The Ninth Malaysia Plan where agriculture is... https://thescipub.com/pdf/ajassp.2010.603.608.pdf
Website: D'Silva, J. L.; Hayrol Azril, M. S.; Jegak Uli; Bahaman Abu Samah
Contract farming for potato: An attempt to include poor farmers in the value chain
31/12/2008
The micro finance and livelihoods institution, BASIX, became involved with financing the potato value chain in Jharkhand, India in 2005. BASIX helped negotiate contracts between PepsiCo and small-scale potato farmers... https://practicalactionpublishing.com/article/2145/contract-farming-for-potato-an-attempt-to-include-poor-farmers-in-the-value-chain
Website: Mishra, B. S.
An economic analysis of contract farming in Castor
31/12/2009
Contract farming is an understanding developed between farmers and processing units to satisfy their common interests. Basically there is an agreement between two financially unequal partners. In the present study...
Website: Wankhade, R. N.; Rathod, V. J.; Awaghad, P. R.
Role of the state in contract farming in Thailand: Experience and lessons
31/12/2005
The nation-states have been attempting large number of policy measures to institutionalize contract farming as a solution to the problems of agricultural development. This paper examines the role of the... https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236751377_Role_of_the_State_in_Contract_Farming_in_Thailand_Experience_and_Lessons
Website: Sukhpal Singh
Small Farmers, Big Business: Contract Farming and Rural Development
01/01/1990
Among the array of agribusiness activities, the one which entails the most direct and most complex relationships between large corporations and small farmers is contract farming (CF). In this system,...
Website: David Glover and Ken Kusterer
Contract Farming Breeds Big Problems for Growers
01/01/1992
Contract farming and vertical integration in agriculture raise troubling issues. Some of those issues, including concerns about food safety, are very important to consumers. Some, including concerns about terrible conditions...
Website: Randi Ilyse Roth
Contract Farming and Commercialization of Agriculture in Developing Countries
01/01/1994
The first section provides a basic definition and description of contract farming. The second section describes several aspects of contract farming that are relevant to food security and provides evidence...
Website: David Glover