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1 online resource (255 pages) |
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Earthscan Food and Agriculture |
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Earthscan food and agriculture.
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Part I: Contract farming in context; 1 Researching the potential and limitations of contract farming in sub-Saharan Africa; Introduction; Theoretical perspectives I: economic contract theories; Theoretical perspectives II: global value chain analysis; Overview of the book; References; 2 Contract farming; Introduction; The diversity of contract farming; The impact of contract farming: income benefits or welfare?; Assessing contract farming: household scale or holistic approaches? |
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Contracts and enforcementConclusion; References; 3 Strategies and policies for agricultural development in Tanzania; Introduction; The role of cotton, sunflower seed, tobacco and sugarcane as agro-industrial crops; Agricultural production and marketing arrangements in a historical perspective; Conclusion; References; Part II: Contract farming and value chain dynamics; 4 Evolving governance structures and contract farming in the tobacco value chain in Tanzania; Introduction; Governance in global value chains; Contract farming in the Tanzanian tobacco value chain |
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Evolving chain governance structures and impacts on smallholdersConclusion; Notes; References; 5 Successes and barriers regarding small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in the value chain for sunflower in Tanzania; Introduction; Coordination in smallholder-dominated agro-industrial value chains; Sunflower production in Tanzania: growth and regulatory framework; Characteristics of the local SMEs engaged in sunflower oil-processing; Characteristics of the contracts between SMEs and smallholders; The role of 'external elements' for successful contractual arrangements |
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Side-selling the main barrier to contractual arrangementsConcluding remarks; Notes; References; 6 Contract farming and upgrading possibilities for smallholder sugarcane-growers in Tanzania; Introduction; The history and current status of sugarcane farming in Tanzania; Contract farming and upgrading: a capability perspective; Methodology; Perceptions of incentive parameters for process upgrading; Perceptions of the capability parameters for process upgrading; Is process upgrading happening?; Conclusion and policy implications; Appendix 6.1 Out-grower associations included in the study; Note |
| Bibliography |
References7 Coordination and upgrading in agricultural value chains; Introduction; Upgrading and value chain coordination; Development of a contractual system in the Tanzanian cotton sector; Tightening value chain coordination through contract farming; Outcomes of contract farming in the pilot phase; Concluding remarks; Notes; References; Part III: Contract farming and household economics; 8 Tobacco contract farming in the Urambo District of Tanzania; Introduction; Background; Methodology; Results; Conclusion; Note; References |
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9 Income diversification of small-scale sugarcane contract farmers in Kilombero and Turiani, Tanzania |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Fold, Niels
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Henningsen, Arne
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Larsen, Marianne Nylandsted
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| ISBN |
9781317310006 |
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1317310004 |
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