Impact of Contract Farming on Income: Linking Small Farmers, Packers, and Supermarkets in China

被引：271

作者：

Miyata, Sachiko

Minot, Nicholas ^{[1
]}

Hu, Dinghuan ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Int Food Policy Res Inst, Washington, DC 20036 USA

[2] Chinese Acad Agr Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China

来源：

WORLD DEVELOPMENT | 2009年 / 37卷 / 11期

关键词：

China; contract farming; horticulture; farmers; supermarkets; processors; exports; LATIN-AMERICA; SCHEMES; AFRICA;

D O I：

10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.08.025

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：

This study compares contract and non-contract growers of apples and green onions in Shandong Province, China in order to explore the constraints on participation and the impact of contract farming on income. We find little evidence that firms prefer to work with larger farms, though all farms in the area are quite small. Using a Heckman selection-correction model, we find that contract farming raises income even after controlling for observable and unobservable household characteristics. These results suggest that contract farming can help ruse small-farm income, though questions remain regarding the number of farmers that can be brought into such schemes. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：1781 / 1790

页数：10

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