Smallholder participation in contract farming: Comparative evidence from five countries

World Development

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 715-730

  Barrett, Christopher B ^a   Bachke, Maren E ^b   Bellemare, Marc F ^c   Michelson, Hope C ^d   Narayanan, Sudha ^a   Walker, Thomas F ^e  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Agricultural value chains; Asia; Contract farming; Latin America

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTRACT FARMING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; SMALLHOLDER;

GHANA; INDIA; LATIN AMERICA; MADAGASCAR; MOZAMBIQUE; NICARAGUA;

EID: 84857138023     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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