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Rich consumers and poor producers: Quality and rent distribution in global value chains
Swinnen, Johan F.M.; Vandeplas, Anneleen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008476185
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Access to dynamic markets for small commercial farmers: the case of potato production in the Peruvian Andes
Escobal, Javier; Torero, Maximo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"The purpose of this study is twofold. On one hand, the objective is to assess the impact of new and more complex contracting schemes, as opposed to traditional marketing channels, on small farmers' welfare. On the other hand, the study explores which may be the critical factors that determine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996542
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Efficiency and distribution in contract farming: the case of Indian poultry growers
Ramaswami, Bharat; Birthal, Pratap Singh; Joshi, P.K. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"This paper is an empirical analysis of the gains from contract farming in the case of poultry production in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. The paper finds that contract production is more efficient than noncontract production. The efficiency surplus is largely appropriated by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996587
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Impact of contract farming on income: Linking small farmers, packers, and supermarket in China
Miyata, Sachiko; Minot, Nicholas; Hu, Dinghuan - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
"Contract farming is seen by proponents as a way to raise small-farm income by delivering technology and market information to small farmers, incorporating them into remunerative new markets. Critics, however, see it as a strategy for agribusiness firms to pass production risk to farmers, taking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038030
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Contract farming of swine in Southeast Asia as a response to changing market demand for quality and safety in pork:
Tiongco, Marites; Catelo, Maria Angeles; Lapar, Ma. Lucila - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"Contract farming is conventionally thought of as a form of industrial organization that helps to overcome high monitoring, supervision, and environmental mitigation costs incurred from ensuring a reliable and uniform-quality supply (from the standpoint of integrators) and high capital and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038046
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Improving farm-to-market linkages through contract farming: A case study of smallholder dairying in India
Birthal, Pratap S.; Jha, Awadhesh K.; Tiongco, Marites; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"Contract farming is emerging as an important form of vertical coordination in the agrifood supply chain in India, and its socioeconomic consequences are attracting considerable attention in public policy debates. This study is an empirical assessment of the costs and benefits of contract...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038064
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Agriculture and the economic transformation of Ethiopia:
Mellor, John W.; Dorosh, Paul A. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
and services. Since agriculture currently dominates Ethiopia's economy and employment, however, there is an issue as to … grow more rapidly than the agricultural sector. The slower growth of agriculture, its relative decline, concern about the … difficulty of modernizing agriculture and pessimism about the potentials for technological change in agriculture suggest to some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850557
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Exploring agricultural levers for mitigating the overnutrition burden in India:
Sachdev, H.P.S. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850566
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The role of libraries in supporting agricultural policy research: Evidence from selected university and research institute libraries in Nigeria
Rhoe, Valerie; Oboh, Victor; Shelton, Peter - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Agriculture is the largest contributor to the economic well-being of most Nigerians. For the agriculture sector to … also been shown that agriculture R&D could increase agriculture growth and reduce poverty (Fan 2008; Thirtle et al. 2003 …). Therefore, research-based evidence is important to guide decisions that affect Nigeria's agriculture sector and its people. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850581
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East African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Waithaka, Michael (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A … contributors of East African Agriculture and Climate Change present plausible future scenarios that combine economic and … biophysical characteristics to explore the possible consequences for agriculture, food security, and resources management to 2050 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850583