Rice mills in Uganda have increased rapidly during the past decade, presumably in response to increasing demand for milling services. Despite notable improvements in access to milling services, farmers still sell rice un-milled hence attracting lower prices. Mainly the study examined why some...

This study investigates the responsiveness of global cropland to changes in output prices and the uncertainty therein. The study provides a global short- and long-term acreage and yield elasticity which hints at how major agricultural commodity producers respond to the recent high food prices...

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,...