Although there is a lot of evidence for the positive welfare effects of contract farming, it is not clear how to …. While Contract Farming is a formal institutional arrangement, the institutional environment of developing countries is … in developing countries, lead to a situation where contract enforcement is reduced or not possible at all. Hence... …

. We study the role of trust, risk and time preferences for farmers' contract choices in a discrete choice experiment among … contract attributes. Especially trust has economically important effects on the willingness to pay for transparent quality … diversification of contract offers might increase the willingness of farmers to participate in contract farming. This has implications …

sugar beets for biogas production based upon the analysis of a discrete choice experiment with 118 arable farmers conducted … maize. However, with respect to their own farms, farmers prefer to maintain their status-quo instead of choosing a contract …. Findings also indicate that risk-averse farmers are more likely to contract sugar beets as a biogas substrate than less risk …