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Contracting Out of Poverty: Experimental Approaches to Innovation in Agricultural Markets with Small Farmers
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| Coordinating organisation: | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| Description: | Welfare of the rural poor is improved due to: - Increased access of smallholders to contract farming arrangements linking them to dynamic markets for highvalue products. - Identification of optimal institutional arrangements that provide adequate incentives to firms and farmers by reducing transaction costs in the contractual relationship. - Policy makers and development practitioners have better information to improve the welfare of the poor by implementing new institutional mechanisms that favor the inclusion of smallholders in markets for high-value products.- Contractors in public, private, and third sector organizations demanding contract farming services apply optimal institutional arrangements to improve their access to smallholders by reducing their transaction costs. - Government agencies, NGOs, and donor organizations that oversee the interests of smallholders provide better information on firms’ reputations and reliable third party quality control services for contract enforcement. - Local researchers learn the necessary skills to implement the recommendations from the study and develop a local network. |
| Budget (in &euro): | 949755 |
| Start: | 2008-01-01 |
| End: | 2010-12-30 |
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| ARD-theme: | plant production |
| Target country: | Peru Tanzania Vietnam |
| Activity: | management |
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| Donor organisations: | 1 |
| Participating organisations: | 5 |
| Programmes funding: | 1 |
| Last editing: | 2008-03-25 12:36:54 |