Contract farming refers is to carry out the agreement between buyer and farmer reduce risk for both parties. Red chili rotten, damaged, has a large shrinkage, causing production, quality price risks. The study provide an empirical analysis of impact contract on cultivation postharvest practice. field survey was conducted in Magelang District as one production centers red chillies West Java. Dat...

Abstract Understanding how and the extent to which contract farming arrangements impact agricultural productivity is important ensuring that policies are designed maximize likelihood of success. Using cross-sectional data from 516 soybean farmers in Northern Ghana, we provide empirical evidence increases technical efficiency Ghana. We use propensity score matching reduce bias observables, then ...

Access to credit is a key prerequisite for the development of smallholder agriculture. However, rural markets are typically characterized by market failures and access limited. Resource-providing contracts an institutional tool overcome through provision production inputs in form in-kind credit. Previous research has shown that interlinkage contract helps farmers financial constraints, foster i...

The Government of Brazil established their Sustainable Palm Oil Production Programme (SPOPP) in 2010, which sought to enhance the sustainability and inclusiveness oil palm development Amazon. This paper evaluates how well contract farming promoted by SPOPP has delivered on its inclusive objectives. Drawing cross-section data collected Northeast Pará, it analyses two recurrent themes, namely (1)...