Impact of Contract Farming on Income: Linking Small Farmers, Packers, and Supermarkets in China

World Development

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1781-1790

  Miyata, Sachiko ^a   Minot, Nicholas ^b   Hu, Dinghuan ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

China; contract farming; exports; farmers; horticulture; processors; supermarkets

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CONTRACT FARMING; CROP PRODUCTION; FARM SIZE; HORTICULTURE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SMALLHOLDER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 70350046294     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.08.025     Document Type: Article

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