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Smallholder farmers' dissatisfaction with contract schemes in spite of economic benefits: Issues of mistrust and lack of transparency

Ruml, Anette; Qaim, Matin - 2020

dropout rates from contract schemes are commonplace. We use data from Ghana to show that smallholders benefit from a resource … details, which leads to mistrust. We argue that lack of transparency may explain high dropout rates in Ghana and other …Contract farming is typically seen as a useful mechanism to help smallholders. However, despite economic benefits, high …

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Smallholder farmers' dissatisfaction with contract schemes in spite of economic benefits : issues of mistrust and lack of transparency

Ruml, Anette; Qaim, Matin - In: The journal of development studies 57 (2021) 7, pp. 1106-1119

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Effects of marketing contracts and resource-providing contracts in the African small farm sector : insights from oil palm production in Ghana

Ruml, Anette; Qaim, Matin - 2019

smallholders. Here, we address this research gap using data from oil palm farmers in Ghana who participate in different contract …

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Is organic farming worth its investment? : the adoption and impact of certified pineapple farming in Ghana

Kleemann, Linda; Abdulai, Awudu; Buss, Mareike - 2013

Global food markets demand the adoption of food standards by small-scale farmers in developing countries when they enter international markets. While a conventional certification with GlobalGAP can be a market entry condition for conventional food, especially for horticultural products, organic...

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Does the contract type matter? : impact of marketing and production contracts on cashew farmers' farm performance in Ghana

Dubbert, Caroline; Abdulai, Awudu - In: Journal of agricultural & food industrial organization 20 (2022) 2, pp. 119-134

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Heterogeneous effects of marketing contracts and resource-providing contracts on household income

Ruml, Anette; Ragasa, Catherine; Qaim, Matin - 2020

In the existing literature, the effects of contract farming on household welfare were examined with mixed results. Most studies looked at single contract types. This paper contributes to the literature by comparing two types of contracts - simple marketing contracts and resource-providing...

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Supermarket contracts and smallholder farmers : implications for income and multidimensional poverty

Ogutu, Sylvester O.; Ochieng, Dennis O.; Qaim, Matin - 2019

The food retail sector in many developing countries is transforming with a rapid growth of modern supermarkets. Supermarkets are not only influencing how food is sold to consumers, but also how agricultural products are sourced from farmers. Especially for the procurement of fresh fruits and...

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