Contracting Out Solutions: Political Economy of Contract Farming in the Indian Punjab

By Sukhpal Singh. 2002

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Subfields: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Sociology and Political Science, Soil Science

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Contract Farming in Developing Countries: An overview (2008, unknown): “These disadvantages include farmers’ loss of autonomy (i.e. increasing dependency and chance of becoming exploited) and increased production risk (Singh, 2002; Kirsten and Sartorius, 2002).”
Quality control in nonstaple food markets: evidence from India (2008, background): “More recent research has focused on the e¤ect of contract farming and the emergence of new marketing arrangements for high-value food commodities (e.g. Singh 2002, Deshingkar, Kulharni, Rao and Rao 2003, Birthal, Joshi and Gulati 2005).”
Contract farming configuration: Smallholders’ preferences for contract design attributes (2013, unknown): “However, in practice, contracts are biased toward agribusiness firms and often expose smallholders to ex post risk (Singh, 2002), because firms choose contract design attributes that will offer them the highest payoffs without considering farmers’ expected utility level (Barrett et al.”
Contract Farming and Food Security (2017, background): “[28] Singh, Sukhpal (2002), Contracting Out Solutions: Political Economy of Contract Farming in the Indian Punjab, World Development 30(9): 16211638.”
A review on the contribution of crop diversification to Sustainable Development Goal 1 “No poverty” in different world regions (2019, background): “crops, Smith (2004) advised that this would be difficult for poorer farmers in developing countries as it required capital and training and was costly to operate. In fact, Namara, Gebregziabher, Giordano, and De Fraiture (2013) showed that private smallholder irrigation was mainly practiced by the w”
Viewpoint: The future of work in agri-food (2020, unknown): “…al., 2003), and higher (less volatile) prices in exchange for a consistent volume of high-quality products (e.g., Dries and Swinnen, 2004; Dries et al., 2004), provides a market-based solution to do so, though smallholders’ lack of legal protections can be an obstacle (Singh, 2002; Birthal, 2008).”
Plantations, Contract Farming and Commercial Farming Areas in Africa: A Comparative Review (2013, background): “A holistic assessment of a contract farming scheme should consider its impact on not only the contracting company and participating farmers but also the wider community where it is located (Little 1994; Singh 2002).”
Impact of Contract Farming on Income: Linking Small Farmers, Packers, and Supermarkets in China (2009, background): “Another concern is that smallholders will be marginalized because companies will prefer to work with medium-and large-scale growers, thus exacerbating rural inequality (Little and Watts, 1994; Singh, 2002).”
Limitations of Contract Farming as a Pro-poor Strategy: The Case of Maize Outgrower Schemes in Upper West Ghana (2018, background): “Available studies show mixed results (Barrett et al. 2012; Abebe et al. 2013; Bellemare 2012; Miyata and Minot 2009; Wang et al. 2014; Reardon et al. 2009; Simmons, Winters, and Patrick 2005; Singh 2002; Warning and Key 2002; Oya 2012), and there is ongoing debate about CFAs’ role in rural economic ”
Review of agricultural extension in India: Are farmers' information needs being met? (2010, background): “To support growers in producing the specified commodities, companies can provide credit, inputs, and extension services such as new technologies (Singh 2002; Singh and Asokan 2004).”
Why do small-scale producers choose to produce under contract? Lessons from nontraditional vegetable exports from Zimbabwe (2005, background): “One strand of literature highlights the dangers of contract farming for small-scale producers (see e.g., Singh, 2002; Watts, 1994), arguing that contracts are replete with manipulation of producers by contractors.”