Contract farming as partial insurance

08/12/2022

[Bellemare, M.F., Lee, Y.N. and Novak, L., 2021. Contract farming as partial insurance. World Development, 140, p.105274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105274] A core result of contract theory is that contracts can help transfer risk...

Website: Bellemare, M.F., Lee, Y.N. and Novak, L

What kind of labour regime is contract farming? Contracting and sharecropping in Java compared

08/12/2022

[White, B. and Wijaya, H., 2022. What kind of labour regime is contract farming? Contracting and sharecropping in Java compared. Journal of Agrarian Change, 22(1), pp.19-35. https://doi.org/10.1111/joac.12459] This article compares contract...

Website: White, B. and Wijaya, H

Twenty-five years of Living Under Contract: Contract farming and agrarian change in the developing world

08/12/2022

[Vicol, M., Fold, N., Hambloch, C., Narayanan, S., and Niño, H. P. 2022. Twenty-five years of Living Under Contract: Contract farming and agrarian change in the developing world. Journal of...

Website: Vicol, M., Fold, N., Hambloch, C., Narayanan, S., and Niño, H. P

Formal and informal contract farming in Mozambique: Socially embedded relations of agricultural intensification

08/12/2022

Veldwisch, G.J. and Woodhouse, P. 2022. Formal and informal contract farming in Mozambique: Socially embedded relations of agricultural intensification. Journal of Agrarian Change, 22(1), pp.162-178. https://doi.org/10.1111/joac.12461This paper explores t

Website: Veldwisch, G.J. and Woodhouse, P

Private and state‐led contract farming in Zimbabwe: Accumulation, social differentiation and rural politics

08/12/2022

[Shonhe, T. and Scoones, I., 2022. Private and state‐led contract farming in Zimbabwe: Accumulation, social differentiation and rural politics. Journal of Agrarian Change, 22(1), pp.118-138. https://doi.org/10.1111/joac.12473] Contract farming schemes

Website: Shonhe, T. and Scoones, I

Contract farming, contract design and smallholder livelihoods

08/12/2022

Ruml, A., Ragasa, C. and Qaim, M., 2022. Contract farming, contract design and smallholder livelihoods. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 66(1), pp.24-43. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8489.12462Contract farming has gained in impor

Website: Ruml, A., Ragasa, C., and Qaim, M

Supermarket contracts, opportunity cost and trade-offs, and farm household welfare: Panel data evidence from Kenya

08/12/2022

[Ochieng, D. O., and Ogutu, S. O. 2022. Supermarket contracts, opportunity cost and trade-offs, and farm household welfare: Panel data evidence from Kenya. World Development 149: 105697. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105697] While previous st

Website: Ochieng, D. O., and Ogutu, S. O

Contract farming in the Mekong Delta's rice supply chain: insights from an agent-based modeling study

08/12/2022

[Author: Nguyen, H.K., Chiong, R., Chica, M., Middleton, R.H. and Pham, D.T.K] In this paper, the authors use agent-based modeling (ABM) to study different obstacles to the expansion of contract rice...

Website: Nguyen, H.K., Chiong, R., Chica, M., Middleton, R.H. and Pham, D.T.K

Does contract farming improve smallholder income? The case of avocado farmers in Kenya

08/12/2022

[Author: Mwambi, M.M., Oduol, J., Mshenga, P. and Saidi, M] Contract farming (CF) is seen as a tool for creating new market opportunities hence increasing incomes for smallholder farmers. Critics, however,...

Website: Mwambi, M.M., Oduol, J., Mshenga, P. and Saidi, M

Technology and managerial gaps in contract farming: The case of specialty crop production

08/12/2022

[Mishra, A. K., Mayorga, J., and Kumar, A. 2022. Technology and managerial gaps in contract farming: The case of specialty crop production. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 47(1): 77-96....

Website: Mishra, A. K., Mayorga, J., and Kumar, A

Contract farming: Business models that maximise the inclusion of and benefits for smallholder farmers in the value chain

08/12/2022

[Author: Melese, A. T] The paper provides an overview of contract farming by discussing CF business models and their potential advantages and disadvantages for both contracting parties (farmers and agribusinesses) as...

Website: Melese, A. T

Transaction costs in contract farming models for mussel and oyster farming in South Africa: organisational and management implications

08/12/2022

[Author: Karaan, M] This study examines transaction costs faced by small mussel and oyster growers to elicit the appropriate organisational design of contract institutions. The theoretical premise is that high transaction...

Website: Karaan, M

Land and contract farming: Changes in the distribution and meanings of land in Kilombero, Tanzania

08/12/2022

[Isager, L., Fold, N. and Mwakibete, A. 2022. Land and contract farming: Changes in the distribution and meanings of land in Kilombero, Tanzania. Journal of Agrarian Change, 22(1), pp.36-57. https://doi.org/10.1111/joac.12456]...

Website: Isager, L., Fold, N. and Mwakibete, A

Smallholders’ preferences for different contract farming models: Empirical evidence from sustainable certified coffee production in Vietnam

08/12/2022

[Author: Hung Anh, N., Bokelmann, W., Thi Thuan, N., Thi Nga, D. and Van Minh, N] Contract farming is considered as institutional arrangements that manage the coordination of production and distribution...

Website: Hung Anh, N., Bokelmann, W., Thi Thuan, N., Thi Nga, D. and Van Minh, N

Contract farming and everyday acts of resistance: Oil palm contract farmers in the Philippines

08/12/2022

Hambloch, C., 2022. Contract farming and everyday acts of resistance: Oil palm contract farmers in the Philippines. Journal of Agrarian Change, 22(1), pp.58-76. https://doi.org/10.1111/joac.12462Contract violations are critical issues determining the...

Website: Hambloch, C

Smallholder participation in contract farming: Comparative evidence from five countries

08/12/2022

[Author: Barrett, C.B., Bachke, M.E., Bellemare, M.F., Michelson, H.C., Narayanan, S. & Walker, T.F] Supermarkets, specialized wholesalers, processors, and agro-exporters are transforming the marketing channels into which smallholder farmers sell produ

Website: Barrett, C.B., Bachke, M.E., Bellemare, M.F., Michelson, H.C., Narayanan, S. & Walker, T.F

Unpacking the nexus between broiler contract farming and its impact in Ghana

08/12/2022

[Bannor, R.K. and Gyekye, Y. 2022. Unpacking the nexus between broiler contract farming and its impact in Ghana. The European Journal of Development Research, pp.1-28.] This study examines the determinants of...

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An Analytical Toolkit for Support to Contract Farming

20/12/2022

[World Bank Group. 2014. An Analytical Toolkit for Support to Contract Farming. © Washington, DC. http://localhost:14773//entities/publication/d2ce26f0-7322-559a-8141-2cdfbb029dd6 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO]Over the past century or so, a wide assortment of...

Contract farming and the adoption of sustainable farm practices: Empirical evidence from cashew farmers in Ghana

24/05/2023

Dubbert, C., Abdulai, A. and Mohammed, S. 2023. Contract farming and the adoption of sustainable farm practices: Empirical evidence from cashew farmers in Ghana. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 45(1),...

Website: Dubbert, C., Abdulai, A. and Mohammed, S

Smallholder farmers’ participation in profitable value chains and contract farming: Evidence from irrigated agriculture in Egypt

24/05/2023

Tabe-Ojong, M. P. Jr., & Abay, K. A. 2023. Smallholder farmers’ participation in profitable value chains and contract farming: Evidence from irrigated agriculture in Egypt. MENA RP Working Paper...

Website: Tabe-Ojong, M. P. Jr., & Abay, K. A.