Contract Farming and Multidimensional Poverty
(2020) EKHS21 20201Department of Economic History
- Abstract
- Poverty is a common phenomenon among rural smallholder farmer households in developing countries. A large corpus of literature suggests that contract farming -a pre-harvest agreement between farmers and buyers- can improve smallholder farmers' welfare through improved access to markets and thereby promote rural development. These findings have shaped policy recommendations. Existing studies usually focus on a single component of household welfare and concentrate on a single crop, contract scheme, or geographical area. In this thesis, the impact of contract farming on multidimensional poverty is investigated. By employing nationally representative data for six developing countries, the results are generalizable beyond a single crop type,... (More)
- Poverty is a common phenomenon among rural smallholder farmer households in developing countries. A large corpus of literature suggests that contract farming -a pre-harvest agreement between farmers and buyers- can improve smallholder farmers' welfare through improved access to markets and thereby promote rural development. These findings have shaped policy recommendations. Existing studies usually focus on a single component of household welfare and concentrate on a single crop, contract scheme, or geographical area. In this thesis, the impact of contract farming on multidimensional poverty is investigated. By employing nationally representative data for six developing countries, the results are generalizable beyond a single crop type, contract scheme, or geographical area. Using household and location fixed effects, the implications of contract farming on a multidimensional poverty index are discussed. The paper finds that contract farming is associated with a decrease in poverty among smallholder farmers in developing countries. Yet, major impact differences appear between countries. Therefore, the results challenge the notion that contract farming unambiguously improves welfare. (Less)
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- author
- Meister, Simon LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- An Investigation of the Impact of Contract Farming on Poverty among Smallholder Farmers in Developing Countries
- course
- EKHS21 20201
- year
- 2020
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Contract Farming, Multidimensional Poverty, Smallholder Farmers, Developing Countries
- language
- English
- id
- 9021854
- date added to LUP
- 2020-07-03 12:26:09
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abstract = {{Poverty is a common phenomenon among rural smallholder farmer households in developing countries. A large corpus of literature suggests that contract farming -a pre-harvest agreement between farmers and buyers- can improve smallholder farmers' welfare through improved access to markets and thereby promote rural development. These findings have shaped policy recommendations. Existing studies usually focus on a single component of household welfare and concentrate on a single crop, contract scheme, or geographical area. In this thesis, the impact of contract farming on multidimensional poverty is investigated. By employing nationally representative data for six developing countries, the results are generalizable beyond a single crop type, contract scheme, or geographical area. Using household and location fixed effects, the implications of contract farming on a multidimensional poverty index are discussed. The paper finds that contract farming is associated with a decrease in poverty among smallholder farmers in developing countries. Yet, major impact differences appear between countries. Therefore, the results challenge the notion that contract farming unambiguously improves welfare.}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Contract Farming and Multidimensional Poverty}},
year = {{2020}},
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