Contract farming for inclusive market access
By: edited by Carlos A. da Silva and Marlo Rankin
Contributors: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9789251080610
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Marketing; Farm produce; Contracting out; Small Farms
Description: "Contract farming is one such mechanism that has been widely discussed in world literature over the last few decades. It involves several aspects worthy of consideration: economic, institutional, social, legal, etc. The potential benefits of contracting for helping small farmers will depend, inter alia, on the product category and the requirements of the end market. Differences in potential benefits will also depend on country and local circumstances, including such factors as sector policy and availability of services. Against this backdrop, FAO's book on contract farming for inclusive market access is a welcome addition to the body of knowledge on farmer to market linkages and on the roles of contracts in this regard. The book presents a range of cases covering different commodities and country contexts, competitively commissioned from researchers and development professionals worldwide, all of which illustrate the multifaceted nature of contracting as an agrifood chain coordination mechanism to promote inclusiveness and efficiency in supply chains. It also contributes to the treatment of conceptual issues in this general discussion and to the achievement of FAO's Strategic Objective Four: Enable inclusive and efficient agricultural and food systems."--Foreword.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-217).
Table of contents: title: Contract farming for inclusive market access: synthesis and findings from selected international experiences  -- Carlos A. da Silva and Marlo Rankin; title: Contract farming: synthetic themes for linking farmers to demanding markets  -- Xiangping Jia and Jos Bijman; title: An assessment of the contract farming system in improving market access for smallholder poultry farmers in Bangladesh  -- Ismat Ara Begum, Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Sanzidur Rahman and Guido Van Huylenbroeck; title: Contract arrangements in China's pork production chain  -- Jiqin Han, Jacques H. Trienekens and Jia Xu; title: Integrating smallholders in the South African citrus sector  -- Sandrine Fréguin-Gresh and Ward Anseeuw; title: Contract farming to access lucrative markets: small-scale vegetable producers in the United Republic of Tanzania  -- Andreas Rüsch, Gerhard W. Ohlde and Marlo Rankin; title: Organic chocolate for the Swiss market: contract farming in the cocoa sector in Honduras  -- Ingrid Fromm; title: Contract linkages and resource use in grain production: the Argentine pradera pampeana  -- Marcos Gallacher; title: Impact of contract farming for basmati rice in the Punjab state of India  -- Veena Goel; title: Inclusion of small-scale farmers in the Brazilian biodiesel production chain  -- Aziz Galvão da Silva Júnior, Felippe Clemente and Ronaldo Perez; title: Contract farming in Thailand: provision of genetically improved eucalypt plants and extension support -- Axelle Boulay.