Factors affecting farmers’ participation in contract farming: The case of soybean producers in the eastern corridor of the northern region of Ghana

31/12/2024

Factors affecting farmers’ participation in contract farming: The case of soybean producers in the eastern corridor of the northern region of Ghana. Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics, 16(2): 15–25. https://doi.org/10.5897/JDAE2024.1405

Investigating factors affecting the development of contract farming. Case study: Tomatoes in Kermanshah province

31/12/2024

Abadi, H.H., Mohamadi-Nejad, A., Gilanpour, O. & Khaledi, M. 2024. Investigating factors affecting the development of contract farming. Case study: Tomatoes in Kermanshah province. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 84: 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.281760

A Stochastic frontier analysis of the technical efficiency of smallholder tobacco farmers in the Makoni District of Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe: A case study of contract farming

23/04/2024

Dube & Kudashe, E.M. 2024. A Stochastic Frontier Analysis of the Technical Efficiency of Smallholder Tobacco Farmers in the Makoni District of Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe: A Case Study of Contract Farming. Indo-American Journal of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, 12 (2). https://iajavs.org/index.php/iajavs/article/view/138

Supply chain analysis of fresh fruits and vegetables (FFV): Prospects of contract farming

31/12/2010

The paper examines the factors that lead farmers to participate in c the contract farming in the Peninsular Malaysia. The primary data was collected through a survey using a questionnaire...

Website: Nalini Arumugam; Mohamed Arshad Fatimah; Chiew, E. F. C.; Mohamed Zainalabidin

Contractual relationship system - advantages utilization farm contract

30/06/2009

Farm contract is a specific means of developing certain markets and even the transfer of technical knowledge in a profitable way for both the producer and the contractor.

Website: Pet, E.; Ruset, C.; Buzamat, G.; Milin, A.

Contract Farming in Karnataka: a boon or a bane?

30/06/2006

The structure of Indian agriculture underwent rapid changes during the nineties both due to the pressure of commercialisation and increased dependence on trade. This was fuelled by many overt and covert changes...

Website: S. Erappa

System of contract farming and household agricultural income in Cambodia. A case of Reasmey Stung Sen Agricultural Development Cooperative

31/12/2015

This study examines the contribution of contract farming within the system of farmer organization to household agricultural income. By going through the details of system of farmer organization’s contract farming and conducting... https://ideas.repec.org/a/ags/auagre/262469.html

Website: An Sokchea

Review of horticultural outgrower schemes in Mozambique

31/12/2006

Poverty reduction is one of the major concerns of policy makers in many countries in Sub- Saharan Africa. Given that in many Sub-Saharan countries the vast majority of people live...

Website: Agridev Consult Ltd

Supply chain differentiation, contract agriculture, and farmers’ marketing preferences: The case of sweet pepper in Thailand

31/12/2011

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... https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2011.07.004

Website: Christin Schipmann and Matin Qaim

Contract farming in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from cotton on what works and under what conditions

31/12/2009

Contract farming is an economic arrangement entered into by parties seeking mutual advantage. In some instances these arrangements do serve poor farmers who would not otherwise be able to access... https://econpapers.repec.org/paper/fprresain/7.htm

Website: David Tschirley, Isaac Minde and Duncan Boughton

The HCDA code of conduct in Kenya: Impact on transaction costs and risks

31/12/2010

A well-known example of a Code of Conduct can be found in Kenya, where the Horticultural Crops Development Authority (HCDA) has established a Code of Conduct (CoC) for the horticultural sector...

Website: Yuca Waarts & Gerdien Meijerink

Inventory of smallholder contract farming practices in Zimbabwe

31/12/2009

This report documents the experiences of twenty-five companies contracting smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe to produce cotton, tobacco, paprika, sugar cane, vegetables, sorghum and various seed and legume https://www.snv.org/assets/downloads/f/191310/bb91d9ca88/inventory_of_smallholder_contract_farming_practices_in_zimbabwe.pdf

Website: M. Dawes, R. Murota, R. Jera, C. Masara and P. Sola

Contracts and contract farming as potential mechanisms to improve market access for black farmers in South Africa

31/12/2006

The objective of this report is to demonstrate how the South African agribusiness sector can contribute to the transformation of the commercial farm sector by expanding the volume of procured... N/A

Website: Kurt Sartorius and Johann Kirsten

Contract farming in Thailand: A view from the farm

31/12/2007

The study presents an initial assessment of the situation and to raise the main issues in terms of farmers' and workers' rights. It is part of a long term process... https://econpapers.repec.org/paper/esswpaper/id_3a2340.htm

Website: Isabelle Delforge

Investment contracts and sustainable development: How to make contracts for fairer and more sustainable natural resource investments

31/12/2010

Economic liberalisation, improved transport and communication systems, and the global demand for energy, minerals and agricultural commodities have fostered natural resource investment in many lower- and middle-income countries. Increased investment... https://www.iied.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/migrate/17507IIED.pdf

Website: Lorenzo Cotula

The business model to provide sustainable development of farmer in agriculture sector: Contract farming

31/12/2010

This paper highlights a few successful cases of contract farming in India and discusses the history, objectives, and types of contract farming as well as its benefits to farmers, firms...

Website: Naresh Patel

A seasonal model of contracts between a monopsonistic processor and smallholder pepper producers in Costa Rica

31/12/2009

We model the contractual arrangements between smallholder pepper (Piper nigrum L.) producers and a single processor in Costa Rica. Producers in the El Roble settlement sell their pepper to only... https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2009.08.002

Website: Fernando Sáenz-Segura, Marijke D’Haeseb and Robert A. Schipperb

The contracts between leading agribusiness enterprises and rural households: Its effects on firm-level export of agricultural products

31/12/2010

In this paper, transaction cost is introduced into the general firm-level export behavior model. By so doing, we constructed a theoretical model to explain how connection modes between leading agribusiness...

Website: Peng Chao; Zeng YinChu; Huang Bo; Yabe, M.

The status of contract farming in Malawi

31/12/2005

To establish an agrarian economy that ensures food and nutrition security to its growing population, raw material for an expanding industrial base, surpluses for export and a fair an a... https://search.worldcat.org/it/title/status-of-contract-farming-in-malawi/oclc/1091743130

Understanding institutional arrangements for improved market access in Africa: how to explain seemingly irrational causes of success and failure

31/12/2010

Economists struggle with predicting what makes an institutional arrangement successful for market access in Africa. According to New Institutional Economics theory, the rational farmer will chose to engage in the... https://brill-com.fao.idm.oclc.org/edcollchap/book/9789086866991/BP000022.xml

Website: Huylenbroeck, G. van; D'Haese, M.; Foundjem-Tita, D.; Viaene, J.