[HTML][HTML] The importance of contract farming to small-scale farmers in Africa and the implications for policy: A review scenario

D Ncube - The Open Agriculture Journal, 2020 - openagriculturejournal.com
Results: The study has shown that adjustments in agri-food systems globally are producing
an increased new interest in CF as a supply-chain governance strategy. It has been …

Smallholder participation in contract farming: comparative evidence from five countries

CB Barrett, ME Bachke, MF Bellemare, HC Michelson… - World …, 2012 - Elsevier
Supermarkets, specialized wholesalers, processors, and agro-exporters are transforming
the marketing channels into which smallholder farmers sell produce in low-income …

Contract farming in sub‐Saharan Africa: A survey of approaches, debates and issues

C Oya - Journal of Agrarian Change, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The paper provides a selective survey of the most significant literature on the rise of contract
farming in develo** countries, with a focus on sub‐Saharan Africa. The review of the …

The effectiveness of contract farming for raising income of smallholder farmers in low‐and middle‐income countries: A systematic review

G Ton, S Desiere, W Vellema… - Campbell Systematic …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This Campbell systematic review examines the impact of contract farming on income and
food security of smallholder farmers in low-and middle-income countries. The review …

[HTML][HTML] Taking complexity in food systems seriously: an interdisciplinary analysis

T Foran, JRA Butler, LJ Williams, WJ Wanjura, A Hall… - World …, 2014 - Elsevier
Motivated by donor interest in innovative thinking on food security, we conducted an
interdisciplinary, triangulation analysis of four divergent conceptual frameworks, each …

Digitally down to the countryside: Fintech and rural development in China

ST Kong, N Loubere - The Journal of Development Studies, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Digital finance has changed the landscape of financial service provision worldwide. China in
particular, with a booming fintech sector and large numbers of users, is at the forefront of the …

Inclusiveness of contract farming along the vertical coordination continuum: Evidence from the Vietnamese rice sector

HA Ba, Y de Mey, S Thoron, M Demont - Land use policy, 2019 - Elsevier
The Vietnamese government is currently attempting to upgrade rice value chains in the
Mekong River Delta by encouraging (i) vertical coordination between exporters and farmers …

Large-scale agricultural investments and smallholder welfare: A comparison of wage labor and outgrower channels in Tanzania

RT Herrmann - World Development, 2017 - Elsevier
This article evaluates household welfare effects of large-scale agricultural investments in
Tanzania, one of the main recipients of such investments in Africa. Specifically, the article …

Do farmers' organizations enhance the welfare of smallholders? Findings from the Mozambican national agricultural survey

ME Bachke - Food Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Farmers' organizations have been used as a tool to improve the living conditions of farmers
in many countries by improving market access, access to information and capacity to …

Is contract farming an inclusive alternative to land grabbing? The case of potato contract farming in Maharashtra, India

M Vicol - Geoforum, 2017 - Elsevier
In the recent explosion of attention given to the land grabbing phenomenon, contract farming
has been identified as a potentially inclusive alternative for smallholders to outright …