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Agroindustry, Agribusiness
Linking agribusiness & small-scale farmers in developing countries: Is there a new role for contract farming? (pdf 110kb)
This paper examines a new role for contract farming in developing countries in the light of the industrialisation of agriculture and the globalisation of world markets.The paper covers a range of issues including:
- Industrialisation of agriculture and the need for improved 'vertical' coordination
- Historical experience with contract farming
- New institutional perspectives on contract farming
- Advantages and disadvantages of contracting in agriculture
- Future trends for contract farming in developing countries
- Resource link:
https://www.up.ac.za/dspace/ bitstream/2263/2734/1/ Kirsten_Linking(2002).pdf - Published: 2002
- Source: Dept of Agricultural Economics, Extension & Rural Development, Univ of Pretoria, South Africa (http://www.up.ac.za)
- Added to ADG on: 08 November 2007 , contributed by: ADG team
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