This paper presents a review of the literature on contract farming (CF), focussing on recent
empirical research on the economic impact of CF. The paper starts with an explanation of …

The expansion of supermarkets in develo** countries may have important implications for
poverty and rural development. While previous studies have compared farm profits between …

This article reviews the analysis and prescriptions of the current 'Washington Consensus on
Agriculture'(WCA). The WCA contains much that is to be applauded, but there are also gaps …

This article examines the emergence and benefits of contract farming in East Java, Bali, and
Lombok, Indonesia. After a general review of contract farming in these regions, three …

Contract farming, wherein a processor contracts out the production of an agricultural
commodity to a grower, is the first step toward more vertically coordinated—and thus more …

The benefits of livelihoods thinking and approaches are widely recognised. This article
focuses on an important gap in much of the conceptualization and application of 'livelihood …

This article explores policy applications of 'new institutional economics' theory in relation to
markets and economic development. It argues for application of an analytical framework …

Market failures affecting economic growth in poor rural areas are firmly on the agenda but for
goods and services with private good characteristics are generally not conceptualized and …

Purpose–The paper seeks to understand the conditions that motivate Asian supermarkets'
choices for vegetable sourcing through wholesale procurement or preferred supplier …

Over the past 25 years, the Chinese agricultural sector has been fundamentally restructured.
Agricultural production and farm household income has grown rapidly, due, to a large extent …