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Transforming Agriculture in South Asia - The Role of Value Chains and Contract Farming (Paperback)
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Transforming Agriculture in South Asia - The Role of Value Chains and Contract Farming (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Agricultural Economics
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Debates about public expenditure in the agricultural sector have
reopened in many developing and emerging economies because of high
budget deficits and changes in public opinion. As a result,
agricultural policy in many of these countries is beginning to take
a more market-oriented approach to agrarian problems, most notably
through the introduction of contract farming. This book explores
the policy issues around contract farming and its transformative
potential and addresses the lack of empirical research on this
topic by focusing on South Asia: principally India, Bangladesh and
Nepal. The book first addresses the effects of contract farming
(vertical coordination) on productivity, food security indicators
(yield, consumption expenditures, prices), employment and input
usage. Then it draws lessons from the South Asian case studies on
the impact of institutional changes, like contract farming, on
income and food security of smallholder households. The core of the
book includes case study chapters on several commodities that are
produced under contract farming, including vegetables and fisheries
in Bangladesh, low-value crops in Nepal and coffee in India. Other
chapters also explore contracts, storage, input usage and technical
efficiency in these cases. This book serves as an essential guide
to academics, researchers, students, legislative liaisons and think
tank groups interested in agrarian issues, agricultural economics
and agricultural policy in emerging economies and particularly in
South Asia.
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