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

This study compares contract and non-contract growers of apples and green onions in Shandong Province, China in order to explore the constraints on participation and the impact of contract farming on income. We find little evidence that firms prefer to work with larger farms, though all farms in the...

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Main Authors:	Miyata, Sachiko, Minot, Nicholas, Hu, Dinghuan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Agricultural Labor Markets J430 Transactional Relationships Contracts and Reputation Networks L140 Retail and Wholesale Trade e-Commerce L810 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Collectives Communes Agriculture P320 Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets Q120
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spelling	okr-10986-47792021-04-23T14:02:19Z Impact of Contract Farming on Income : Linking Small Farmers, Packers, and Supermarkets in China Miyata, Sachiko Minot, Nicholas Hu, Dinghuan Agricultural Labor Markets J430 Transactional Relationships Contracts and Reputation Networks L140 Retail and Wholesale Trade e-Commerce L810 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Collectives Communes Agriculture P320 Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets Q120 This study compares contract and non-contract growers of apples and green onions in Shandong Province, China in order to explore the constraints on participation and the impact of contract farming on income. We find little evidence that firms prefer to work with larger farms, though all farms in the area are quite small. Using a Heckman selection-correction model, we find that contract farming raises income even after controlling for observable and unobservable household characteristics. These results suggest that contract farming can help raise small-farm income, though questions remain regarding the number of farmers that can be brought into such schemes. 2012-03-30T07:29:42Z 2012-03-30T07:29:42Z 2009 Journal Article World Development 0305750X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4779 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article China
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description	This study compares contract and non-contract growers of apples and green onions in Shandong Province, China in order to explore the constraints on participation and the impact of contract farming on income. We find little evidence that firms prefer to work with larger farms, though all farms in the area are quite small. Using a Heckman selection-correction model, we find that contract farming raises income even after controlling for observable and unobservable household characteristics. These results suggest that contract farming can help raise small-farm income, though questions remain regarding the number of farmers that can be brought into such schemes.
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author	Miyata, Sachiko Minot, Nicholas Hu, Dinghuan
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title	Impact of Contract Farming on Income : Linking Small Farmers, Packers, and Supermarkets in China
title_short	Impact of Contract Farming on Income : Linking Small Farmers, Packers, and Supermarkets in China
title_full	Impact of Contract Farming on Income : Linking Small Farmers, Packers, and Supermarkets in China
title_fullStr	Impact of Contract Farming on Income : Linking Small Farmers, Packers, and Supermarkets in China
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Impact of Contract Farming on Income : Linking Small Farmers, Packers, and Supermarkets in China

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