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Contract farming and smallholder incentives to produce high quality: experimental evidence from the Vietnamese dairy sector
Saenger, Christoph; Qaim, Matin; Torero, Maximo; … - Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität … - 2012
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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880184
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Determining the Role of Social Capital in Linking Smallholders with Agribusiness
Patrick, Ian; Marshall, Graham R.; Abdurrahman, Muktasam; … - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2006
agribusiness has been variable. Two recent ACIAR studies concluded that there may be more to linking smallholders with the … agribusiness sector than individual smallholder characteristics. This paper hypothesizes that social capital influences the ability … of individual smallholders to take advantage of emerging agribusiness opportunities. It outlines a project proposed by …
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Can Agribusiness Feed 3 Billion New People…and Save the Planet? A GLIMPSE into the Future
Connolly, Aidan J.; Phillips-Connolly, Kate - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 15 (2012) B
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THE ROLE OF AGRIBUSINESS IN DEVELOPMENT: REPLACING THE DIMINISHED ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT IN RAISING RURAL INCOMES
Stanton, Julie V. - In: Journal of Agribusiness 18 (2000) 2
suggests development policy be enlarged to encompass agribusiness enterprises. Localized agribusiness can help rural …
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What Determines Productivity Growth of Agricultural Cooperatives?
Ariyaratne, Chatura B.; Featherstone, Allen M.; … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 38 (2006) 01
This paper examines productivity of a sample of grain marketing and farm supply cooperatives from 1990 to 1998. The cooperative industry’s productivity or growth was mainly due to improvement in technology rather than improvement in pure efficiency or scale. The cooperative...
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Wybrane determinanty rozwoju innowacyjnych powiązań integracyjnych w agrobiznesie w dobie globalizacji
Chorób, Roman - In: Problems of World Agriculture / Problemy Rolnictwa … 12 (2012) 27
The primary objective of this paper is to present theoretical foundations, principles of operation and benefits resulting from efficiently functioning innovative integration relations such as cluster structures. This study attempts to assess the impact of above-mentioned forms of relations on...
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Spatial urban plans as a basis for agribusiness development
ÄŒizmović, Mirjana; KovaÄević, Milica - In: APSTRACT: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce 07 (2013) 2-3
importance of and link between spatial planning and development of agribusiness and rural areas, exploring different techniques …
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Wybrane uwarunkowania ekonomiczne rozwoju innowacyjnych struktur integracyjnych w agrobiznesie
Chorób, Roman - In: Problems of World Agriculture / Problemy Rolnictwa … 13 (2013) 28
The primary objective of this paper is to present theoretical foundations, principles of operation and the benefits resulting from efficiently functioning, innovative integration relationships, which are cluster structures. This study attempts to indicate the socio-economic conditions for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095978
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Contract farming and smallholder incentives to produce high quality: experimental evidence from the Vietnamese dairy sector
Saenger, Christoph; Qaim, Matin; Torero, Maximo; … - 2012
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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330050
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Agricultural Contracts and Alternative Marketing Options: A Matching Analysis
Katchova, Ani L. - 2010
The increasing use of agricultural contracts and processor concentration raises concerns that processors may offer lower contract prices in absence of local competition. This study examines the price competitiveness of marketing and production contracts depending on the availability of...
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