Does contract farming improve welfare? A review

MF Bellemare, JR Bloem - World Development, 2018 - Elsevier
Although many urban areas around the world have grown steadily in recent years, the
structural transformation, wherein an economy goes from relying primarily on agriculture and …

Smallholders in contract farming value chain: Challenges and opportunities, empirical evidence from West Bengal, India

P Barik, R Bedamatta, S Vikraman - Journal of International Food & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This paper uses the mixed-methods approach to analyze farmer position in contract farming
(CF) value chain, challenging simplistic “win-win” narratives that ignore power dynamics and …

How inclusive is inclusive? A critical analysis of an agribusiness initiative in Kenya

C Schelle, B Pokorny - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Inclusive agribusiness considers social and environmental goals in global value chains in
agribusiness. However, not all small-scale farmers may be able to benefit from such …

[PDF][PDF] Coperative-led contract farming on farm productivity in India

DK Behera, BB Swain - Appl. Econom. Int. Dev, 2021 - usc.es
This paper address the question whether farmers who are participated in contract farming
are more productivity and efficient in growing contract crop than the non-contract farmers. In …

The Structure of costs and income of broiler chicken farming in different partnership patterns in Sukabumi Regency, West Java, Indonesia

U Sehabudin, A Daryanto, BM Sinaga… - Jurnal Ilmu-Ilmu …, 2022 - jiip.ub.ac.id
In Indonesia, poultry farmers are faced with increasing input prices, especially feed prices,
even though the feed is the largest component of broiler chicken production costs, while on …

Small and marginal farmers' participation in potato contract farming in West Bengal, India

HC Behera, KR Kodirekkala… - Journal of Asian and …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
There are ongoing discourses on contract farming across the world. Contract farming is an
issue of serious concern in India today, among farmers as well as policymakers. Such …

Smallholder Challenges of Social and Economic Upgrading in Agricultural Value Chains: A Cross-country, Cross-crop Comparison

ID Karatepe, C Scherrer - Agrarian South: Journal of Political …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This study is based on field research conducted by an international team of researchers
investigating the opportunities for social upgrading of smallholder farm owners and tenants …

Land Allocation Choice in Both Contract and Non-Contract Farming: A Study of Potato Growers in West Bengal, India

AA Sinha, HC Behera, AK Behura, BB Swain - Sage Open, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper analyses how farmers to take decision to allocate and use their lands for potato
production when both contract and non-contract farming options are available in West …

Smallholders and farmworkers in agricultural value chains: no upgrading without collective action and state support

ID Karatepe, C Scherrer - Journal of Labor and Society, 2021 - brill.com
This article presents findings from field studies of smallholders and farmworkers producing
coffee, mangoes, and rice in several countries in the global South. It is one of the few …

[PDF][PDF] Contract Farming in Asia

MF Bellemare - 2021 - adb.org
This article reviews the literature on contract farming (also known as grower–processor
contracts or outgrower schemes) in Asia on the basis of (i) an EconLit search for all peer …