Contract farming and rural transformation: Evidence from a field experiment in Benin

被引:54
作者
Arouna, Aminou [1 ]
Michler, Jeffrey D. [2 ]
Lokossou, Jourdain C. [3 ]
机构
[1] Africa Rice Ctr AfricaRice, Bouake, Cote Ivoire
[2] Univ Arizona, Dept Agr & Resource Econ, Tucson, AZ 85719 USA
[3] Int Crop Res Inst Semiarid Trop ICRISAT, Bamako, Mali
基金
比尔及梅琳达.盖茨基金会;
关键词
Structural transformation; Contract farming; RCT; Rice; Sub-Saharan Africa; WELFARE IMPACTS; SMALL FARMERS; INFERENCE; CHAINS; PARTICIPATION; INTERVENTION; DETERMINANTS; INSTITUTIONS; SUPERMARKETS; EXTENSION;
D O I
10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102626
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
020101 [政治经济学];
摘要
Contract farming has emerged as a popular mechanism to encourage vertical coordination in developing country agriculture. Yet, there is a lack of consensus on its ability to spur structural transformation in rural economies. We present results from a field experiment on contract farming for rice production in Benin. While all contracts have positive effects on welfare and productivity measures, we find that the simplest contract has impacts nearly as large as contracts with additional attributes. This suggests that once price risk is resolved through the offer of a fixed-price contract, farmers are able to address other constraints on their own.
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