Although many urban areas around the world have grown steadily in recent years, the
structural transformation, wherein an economy goes from relying primarily on agriculture and …

Contract farming is a sales arrangement between a farmer and a firm, agreed before
production begins, which provides the farmer with resources or services. Many governments …

Agri-food value chains (AVCs) intermediate the flow of products between largely rural
farmers, fisherfolk, or herders and increasingly urban consumers. The theoretical models …

Recent years have seen considerable interest in the impact of contract farming on farmers in
developing countries, motivated out of belief that contract farming spurs transition to modern …

The paper provides a selective survey of the most significant literature on the rise of contract
farming in developing countries, with a focus on sub‐Saharan Africa. The review of the …

Contract farming is widely perceived as a means of increasing welfare in developing
countries. Because of smallholder self-selection in contract farming, however, it is not clear …

Contract farming has often been associated with an increase in the income of participating
households. It is unclear, however, whether contract farming increases other aspects of …

This paper examines the treatment effects of the agricultural cooperative and publicly funded
extension services on individual household economy, using data collected by the author …

This study compares contract and non-contract growers of apples and green onions in
Shandong Province, China in order to explore the constraints on participation and the …

In this paper, we analyze the impact of smallholder participation in a contract-farming
scheme in the rice sector in Benin. We use data from a cross-sectional farm-household …