Smallholder Participation in Contract Farming: Comparative Evidence from Five Countries

被引：391

作者：

Barrett, Christopher B. ^{[1
]}

Bachke, Maren E. ^{[2
]}

Bellemare, Marc F. ^{[3
]}

Michelson, Hope C. ^{[4
]}

Narayanan, Sudha ^{[1
]}

Walker, Thomas F. ^{[5
]}

机构：

[1] Cornell Univ, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA

[2] Norwegian Univ Life Sci, As, Norway

[3] Duke Univ, Durham, NC USA

[4] Columbia Univ, New York, NY USA

[5] World Bank, Washington, DC 20433 USA

来源：

WORLD DEVELOPMENT | 2012年 / 40卷 / 04期

关键词：

agricultural value chains; contract farming; Africa; Asia; Latin America; AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; MARKET STAGE; ADOPTION; PINEAPPLE; FIRM;

D O I：

10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.09.006

中图分类号：

F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

Supermarkets, specialized wholesalers, processors, and agro-exporters are transforming the marketing channels into which smallholder farmers sell produce in low-income economies. We develop a conceptual framework with which to study contracting between smallholders and a commodity-processing firm. We then synthesize results from empirical studies of contract farming arrangements in five countries (Ghana, India, Madagascar, Mozambique, and Nicaragua). The resulting meta-narrative documents patterns of participation, the welfare gains associated with participation, reasons for nonparticipation, the significant extent of contract noncompliance, and the considerable dynamism of these value chains as farmers and firms enter and exit frequently. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：715 / 730

页数：16

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