This article examines a new role for contract farming in developing countries in the light of
the industrialisation of agriculture and the globalisation of world markets. A theoretical …

This article explores the motivations behind the decision of small-scale producers to grow
nontraditional vegetables under contract for export. Based on a survey of small-scale …

Quality considerations are increasingly important drivers of production and coordination
choices for players in the agrofood chain. Incentive contracts between farmers and …

Real contracts balance a number of conflicting objectives that characterise the contracting
situation. Contract theory provides useful insights but the formal models used in theoretical …

Over the past 25 years, the Chinese agricultural sector has been fundamentally restructured.
Agricultural production and farm household income has grown rapidly, due, to a large extent …

The broiler industry presents two puzzles regarding production contracts: why do processors
control growers' inputs, and why do they use a statistically insufficient estimator to calculate …

In the literature it is often hypothesised that contracts and vertical integration are of
paramount importance for the future competitiveness of meat supply chains. The continued …

This paper examines wine grape supply contracts used in the main grape growing regions
of Australia. An empirical analysis provides insight into specific aspects of contract design …

In the literature it is often hypothesized that contracts and vertical integration are paramount
for the future competitiveness of meat supply chains. In this paper we review the empirical …

This paper investigates major developments in the Bulgarian dairy sector over the last
decade. The evidence presented is based on a unique data set of agricultural households …