Contract farming has been identified as one of the agriculture branches that have a huge potential to attract youth participation in agriculture based on its bigger profits and easiness to conduct. This study intends to investigate socio-demographic factor that affect acceptance towards contract farming among youth in Malaysia. A total [...]

Problem statement: Malaysia is one of the developing countries that rely on agriculture to boost its economy sector. This can be proved through The Ninth Malaysia Plan where agriculture is planned to be the third income generator of the country. Contract farming is one of the potential agriculture activities that [...]

The paper examines the factors that lead farmers to participate in c the contract farming in the Peninsular Malaysia. The primary data was collected through a survey using a questionnaire on the total of two hundred and eight farmers from various states in Malaysia. The study utilizes the stratified sampling [...]

There is an emerging body of literature analyzing how smallholder farmers in developing countries can be linked to modern supply chains. However, most of the available studies concentrate on farm and farmer characteristics, failing to capture details of institutional arrangements between farmers and traders. Moreover, farmers’ preferences have rarely been [...]

A well-known example of a Code of Conduct can be found in Kenya, where the Horticultural Crops Development Authority (HCDA) has established a Code of Conduct (CoC) for the horticultural sector that is specifically focused on using written contracts as a preferred institutional arrangement. The CoC includes specific obligations related to [...]

This paper highlights a few successful cases of contract farming in India and discusses the history, objectives, and types of contract farming as well as its benefits to farmers, firms and the public sector. Also discussed are several concerns about the desirability of contract farming from a poverty and equity [...]

In this paper, transaction cost is introduced into the general firm-level export behavior model. By so doing, we constructed a theoretical model to explain how connection modes between leading agribusiness enterprises and rural households affect the firm-level agricultural products export. Analyzing the dataset of 561 national leading agribusinesses of the [...]

Economists struggle with predicting what makes an institutional arrangement successful for market access in Africa. According to New Institutional Economics theory, the rational farmer will chose to engage in the institutional arrangement that is best performing in minimizing transaction costs, or that create order in the economy. Yet, failures have [...]

Vietnamese grown Pangasianodon hypopthalmus (pangasius or striped catfish) has emerged as one of the most successful globally traded aquaculture products. The diversification of international markets has led to the rapid growth of the industry in the Mekong Delta, which has in turn led to concerns over what remains largely unplanned, uncoordinated, and unregulated [...]

The paper analyses the working of the contract farming system for Mentha (mentha arvensis)adopted by Chhattisgarh Agricon Pvt. Ltd., to tap new sources of supply for menthol oil while at the same time promoting rural livelihoods. It examines the experience and performance of mentha contract farming schemes of the [...]