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In emerging markets for high-value food products in developing countries, processing companies search for efficient ways to source raw material of consistent quality. One widely embraced approach is contract farming. But relatively little is known about the appropriate design of contracts,...
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We study the effect of alleviating information asymmetry regarding product quality that is widespread in developing-country agricultural markets. Opportunistic buyers may underreport quality levels back to farmers to reduce the price they have to pay. In response, farmers may curb investment,...
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The promotion of oil palm production as an agribusiness development policy is a major issue in response to the … Agribusiness Venture Arrangement (AVA) mode through the field survey of the cooperatives in the provinces in Mindanao. In …
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The objective of this paper is to identify the strategies and instruments that agribusiness companies currently use to … agribusiness firms. The majority of respondents expect that the importance of the markets in the BRIC countries will increase … agribusiness companies are facing in the context of handling international markets, especially in BRIC countries. …
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food processing sector of Serbia. After reviewing the statistical data on agribusiness in Serbia and the framework for FDI … key conclusions from the research undertaken in agribusiness sector of Serbia. …
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the share of land held by an agribusiness in a village affects smallholder plot-level tenure security and investments in … agribusiness significantly increases the probability that a plot has tenure security. Moreover, our results reveal that a decrease …
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Despite attention being paid to quality management in the literature, little empirical research has been conducted on developing the link between adoption of quality management approach and business performance in agricultural enterprises, and moreover, only a few empirical studies have...
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The sudden rise in land acquisitions in developing countries during the last decade has drawn the attention of scholars and think tanks. A set of recent papers by Deininger (2011), Deininger (2013), and Arezki et al. (2013) sought to understand the empirical determinants of the land rush. They...
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Of late, incorporating smallholder land, through partnerships with agribusiness firms that cultivate export crops has …
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The agribusiness sector has continued to contribute significantly to Romania's GDP, and the positive results are due to …. However, the agribusiness sector in Romania is far from reaching its maximum potential. Although Romania is a major exporter … of agricultural products, the "produced in Romania" label is not enough to become a global player. Agribusiness companies …
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