Contract farming is frequently considered as an appropriate mechanism for integrating smallholders into dynamic markets. We discuss the rationale for the variety in contractual arrangements between small-scale producers and agro-processing firms in the Northern and Central region of Costa Rica. Different market configurations give rise to delivery conditions, ranging from spot market negotiations to verbal or written contracts. We analyse which types of farmers are typically engaged in each of these contractual arrangements, and what are the implications for their production and investment decisions. Main attention is given to the effects of institutional organization for equity, efficiency and sustainability. The analysis is based on detai...
SUMMARY Transnational companies (TNCs) operating plantations in less developed countries face mount...
Contract farming is an arrangement in which buyers request farmers to provide agricultural goods und...
Chapter 4 (Minot and Sawyer) provides clarity on the opportunities and limitations of contract farmi...
Contains fulltext : 73181-OA.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access
1) Introduction (who and where) Integration to both domestic and international dynamic markets is st...
Introduction. Costa Rica's pepper production (Piper nigrum L.) is relatively low, but for the farmer...
La agricultura por contrato constituye un mecanismo de abasto de las agroindustrias que se ha expand...
This paper focuses on the determinants of market and contract choice for non-traditional crops and t...
11 pp.©Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. All rights reserved. This case study may be reproduced ...
National audienceSmall holders’ agriculture is currently facing new stakes due to State’s withdrawal...
Contract farming may be defined as agricultural production carried out according to a prior agreemen...
Mediante un estudio de caso en la Asociación de Productores de Cultivos Bajo Medio Controlado (...
The influence of contracts on smallholder pepper (Piper nigrum L.) producers in Costa Rica under dif...
We model the contractual arrangements between smallholder pepper (Piper nigrum L.) producers and a s...
Unlike in the central zone of Chile, the use of contract farming (CF) is uncommon in the southern re...
SUMMARY Transnational companies (TNCs) operating plantations in less developed countries face mount...
Contract farming is an arrangement in which buyers request farmers to provide agricultural goods und...
Chapter 4 (Minot and Sawyer) provides clarity on the opportunities and limitations of contract farmi...
Contains fulltext : 73181-OA.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access
1) Introduction (who and where) Integration to both domestic and international dynamic markets is st...
Introduction. Costa Rica's pepper production (Piper nigrum L.) is relatively low, but for the farmer...
La agricultura por contrato constituye un mecanismo de abasto de las agroindustrias que se ha expand...
This paper focuses on the determinants of market and contract choice for non-traditional crops and t...
11 pp.©Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. All rights reserved. This case study may be reproduced ...
National audienceSmall holders’ agriculture is currently facing new stakes due to State’s withdrawal...
Contract farming may be defined as agricultural production carried out according to a prior agreemen...
Mediante un estudio de caso en la Asociación de Productores de Cultivos Bajo Medio Controlado (...
The influence of contracts on smallholder pepper (Piper nigrum L.) producers in Costa Rica under dif...
We model the contractual arrangements between smallholder pepper (Piper nigrum L.) producers and a s...
Unlike in the central zone of Chile, the use of contract farming (CF) is uncommon in the southern re...
SUMMARY Transnational companies (TNCs) operating plantations in less developed countries face mount...
Contract farming is an arrangement in which buyers request farmers to provide agricultural goods und...
Chapter 4 (Minot and Sawyer) provides clarity on the opportunities and limitations of contract farmi...