Private investment in agriculture in developing countries, both domestic and foreign, has been on the rise for nearly … produced a guide to negotiating contracts for farmland and water, including a model contract. …

percent in 2001, and a substantial increase over 28 percent in 1991 and 11 percent in 1969. However, aggregate contract use …

-rent contracts in U.S. agriculture. The focus is on the contribution of explanatory variables that represent transaction costs, risk …-sharing incentives, or both. An empirical model of contract choice is tested against the 1999 Agricultural Economics and Land Ownership …-tenant choices of a share versus cash-rent contract. However, the behavior of landlords and tenants is consistent with them being …

are far more likely to contract than small farms; in fact, contracts cover over half of the value of production from farms …

of each of these contract types by land managers and stakeholders in twelve European countries, with a special emphasis …