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Contract farming, contract design and smallholder livelihoods*

Ruml, Anette; Ragasa, Catherine; Qaim, Matin - In: Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 66 (2021) 1, pp. 24-43

. Here, we examine associations between contract farming and farm household income in the oil palm sector of Ghana …

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Heterogeneous effects of marketing contracts and resource-providing contracts on household income

Ruml, Anette; Ragasa, Catherine; Qaim, Matin - 2020

In the existing literature, the effects of contract farming on household welfare were examined with mixed results. Most studies looked at single contract types. This paper contributes to the literature by comparing two types of contracts - simple marketing contracts and resource-providing...

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Moving in the right direction? : maize productivity and fertilizer use and use intensity in Ghana

Chapoto, Antony; Ragasa, Catherine - 2013

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Organizational and institutional barriers to the effectiveness of public expenditures : the case of agricultural research investments in Nigeria and Ghana

Ragasa, Catherine - In: The European journal of development research : journal … 28 (2016) 4, pp. 660-689

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A Chicken and Maize Situation : The Poultry Feed Sector in Ghana

Andam, Kwaw - 2017

assessment of feed millers in Ghana. The findings establish the importance of feed in the poultry value chain. In addition, they … the short term would be nearly impossible. For the egg industry, however, there is potential for Ghana to export to …

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Limitations of Contract Farming as a Pro-poor Strategy : The Case of Maize Outgrower Schemes in Upper West Ghana

Ragasa, Catherine - 2017

(Masara and Akate) and a number of smaller and more flexible CF schemes in a remote region in Ghana (Upper West). Results show …

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Do Development Projects Crowd out Private-Sector Activities? : A Survival Analysis of Contract Farming Participation in Northern Ghana

Lambrecht, Isabel - 2016

and exit from different maize CF schemes in northern Ghana, focusing specifically on the impact of development projects on …

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Drivers of Food Safety Adoption Among Food Processing Firms : A Nationally Representative Survey in Ghana

Asante, Seth B.; Ragasa, Catherine; Andam, Kwaw - 2021

for consumers. This trend is challenging for the food processing sector in Ghana, which is dominated by micro and small … on the profitability of nationally representative food processing firms in Ghana using instrumental variable approach and …

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Characterization of Fish Farming Practices and Performance : Baseline Study and Implications for Accelerating Aquaculture Development in Ghana

Ragasa, Catherine - 2020

Over the past decade, the aquaculture sector in Ghana has experienced tremendous growth—driven mainly by large … chain. This report describes the baseline data on 603 small-scale tilapia farmers in Ghana. The data collected during two …

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Contract farming, contract design and smallholder livelihoods

Ruml, Anette; Ragasa, Catherine; Qaim, Matin - In: The Australian journal of agricultural and resource … 66 (2022) 1, pp. 24-43

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012795474