Publications
Role of risk sharing and transaction costs in contract choice: Theory and evidence from groundwater contracts
01/01/2007
Empirical modeling of contract choice has been problematic because routine large-scale surveys do not contain sufficient information on matched partners and on contractual terms. This paper is based on a...
Website: Rimjhim M. Aggarwal
Contract farming: theory and practice
01/01/2007
This book presents brief information and a short insight into related theories and implementations of contract farming to promote understanding of different aspects, implications, mechanisms, outcomes, related problems and their...
Website: Erkan Rehber
Farmers, markets and contracts: chain integration of smallholder producers in Costa Rica
01/01/2008
Contract farming is frequently considered as an appropriate mechanism for integrating smallholders into dynamic markets. We discuss the rationale for the variety in contractual arrangements between small-scale producers and agro-processing...
Website: Ruben, R.; Saenz, F.
Monopsonistic exploitation in contract farming: articulating a strategy for grower cooperation
01/01/2008
Contract farming has been considered a new hope to instil dynamism in third world agriculture. However, there remains serious concern whether small peasants will be able to benefit from this...
Website: Sashi Sivramkrishna, Amalendu Jyotishi
Contractual arrangements and enforcement in transition agriculture: theory and evidence from China
01/01/2008
This paper empirically investigates the relationship between contractual arrangements and their enforcement in Chinese agriculture. Based on an analysis of a survey of 100 agribusiness firms engaged in contract farming...
Website: Guo HongDong; Jolly, R. W.
Contract farming: a case study of small scale sunflower farmers in Bojanala district of North West province
01/01/2008
A study was conducted at the University of South Africa, Department of Agriculture, Animal Health and Human Ecology Pretoria during 2006-07. The objective was to investigate factors contributing to contract...
Website: Anim, F. D. K.; Raphala, S. B.; Mandleni, B.
Targeting regulation in Indian agriculture
01/01/2008
This article analyses the Indo-United States Knowledge Initiative on Agriculture's proposed changes in the regulation of genetically modified organisms, contract farming, and intellectual property rights in agriculture.
Website: Kavitha Kuruganti
Leveraging contract farming for improving supply chain efficiency in India: some innovative and successful models
01/01/2008
In India, until a few years ago, problems existed in getting quality raw materials for processing or fresh marketing, especially for perishable high value crops. Processing and marketing firms faced...
Website: Singh, S.
Overview of Contract Farming in Thailand: Lessons Learned
01/01/2008
Contract farming is a means to assist small growers in gaining market access and reducing price risk, and as such it has attracted attention from development agencies and governments in...
Website: Songsak Sriboonchitta and Aree Wiboonpoongse
Factors affecting good agricultural practice in pineapple farming in Thailand
01/01/2008
This study seeks to investigate factors affecting Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) in pineapple farming in Thailand. A logit model is applied to a sample of 350 growers. This study found...
Website: Sriwichailamphan, T.; Sriboonchitta, S.; Wiboonpongse, A.; Chaovanapoonphol, Y.
An alternative deal for potato growers in a contract farming system
01/01/2008
At the present time, there is much controversy with regard to the equity of small-scale producers in the supply chain. It is widely believed that farmers in the transitional economies...
Website: Wiboonpongse, A.; Sriboonchitta, S.; Khuntonthong
Profitability of organic agriculture in a transition economy: the case of organic contract rice farming in Lao PDR
01/01/2008
Poverty is prevalent among smallholder farmers in transition economies where market failures prevail and where the capacity of the public sector is limited. This study assesses the potential of organic...
Website: Setboonsarng, S.; Stefan, A.; Leung, P. S.; Cai, J.
Contract farming and other market institutions as mechanisms for integrating smallholder livestock producers in the growth and development of the livestock sector in developing countries
01/01/2008
This study determines the extent to which contract farming schemes enable smallholder livestock producers to gain market access, and explores variants of this market institution for more effectively integrating smallholders...
Website: Catelo, M. A. O.; Costales, A. C.
Biofuel chain development in Germany: Organisation, opportunities, and challenges
01/01/2008
Increasing production activities have been observed in many EU member states since the EU Commission sent a clear signal establishing and supporting the bioenergy industry. This article discusses current sector...
Website: Dautzenberg, K., and Hanf, J
Contract farming in developing countries: An overview
01/01/2008
This paper presents a review of the literature on contract farming (CF), focussing on recent empirical research on the economic impact of CF. The paper starts with an explanation of...
Website: Jos Bijman
Contract farming for agricultural development: review of theory and practice with special reference to India
01/01/2008
This chapter reviews contract farming and suggests safeguard measures to be adopted while promoting contract farming in India. There are two divergent views on contract farming: (1) it promotes employment...
Website: Sukhpal Singh
Triggering agricultural development through horticulture crops
01/01/2008
This article discusses horticultural development. A total of 54 conference papers on growth pattern, crop diversification, government initiatives, performance of different regions in horticultural crop production, profitability, marketing channels and...
Website: Sudha Mysore
Contract Farming of Swine in Southeast Asia as a Response to Changing Market Demand for Quality and Safety in Pork
01/01/2008
Contract farming is conventionally thought of as a form of industrial organization that helps to overcome high monitoring, supervision, and environmental mitigation costs incurred from ensuring a reliable and uniform-quality...
Website: Marites Tiongco, Maria Angeles Catelo, Ma. Lucila Lapar
Assessment of the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Contract Farming as Market Linking Institutions for Smallholder Livestock Producers
01/01/2008
Over the last two decades, structural transformation in the agricultural sector of developing countries has seen the spread of contract farming in the production and marketing of agricultural products in...
Website: Maria Angeles O. Catelo, Achilles C. Costales
Alternative institutional arrangements for contract farming in poultry production in Bangladesh and their impacts on equity
01/01/2008
The goal of the study was to identify forms of market institutions that would allow smallholder poultry producers to commercially produce broilers and eggs to raise household incomes under rapidly...
Website: MA Jabbar, MH Rahman, RK Talukder and SK Raha