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Small Farmers, Big Business: Contract Farming and Rural Development

By David Glover , Ken Kusterer

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
1990
ISBN
0333524071, 9780333524077
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1419796 bytes)
Series
International Political Economy Series
Edition
1990
Pages
170\177
Time added
2017-04-20 06:20:18
Economics;Banks & Banking;Commerce;Commercial Poli

Description

This book deals with an agricultural production and marketing system known as contract farming (CF). In this system, a public or private agency purchases the crops of independent farmers through contracts, often providing inputs, technical assistance and marketing. CF has a long history in developed countries and has spread to the Third World. The book uses case studies from North America, Latin America and Africa to assess the experience to date and provide guidelines for the use of CF in the future.

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