CONTRACT FARMING AND DEVELOPMENT Improving Markets and Value Chains in Tanzania

Contract farming has received renewed attention recently as developing economies try to grapple with how to transform the agricultural sector and its associated value chains. This book reviews different contract arrangements and specific crops, applying both qualitative and quantitative approaches to capture the dynamics of the systems.

Info autore

Joseph A. Kuzilwa is a Professor in the Department of Economics, Mzumbe University, Tanzania.
Niels Fold is a Professor in the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Arne Henningsen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Marianne Nylandsted Larsen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Riassunto

Contract farming has received renewed attention recently as developing economies try to grapple with how to transform the agricultural sector and its associated value chains. This book reviews different contract arrangements and specific crops, applying both qualitative and quantitative approaches to capture the dynamics of the systems.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Marianne Nylandsted Larsen, Niels Fold, Joseph A. Kuzilwa, Arne Henningsen, Joseph A. (Mzumbe University Kuzilwa, Joseph A. Fold Kuzilwa
• Con la collaborazione di: Marianne Nylandsted Larsen (Editore), Niels Fold (Editore), Joseph A. Kuzilwa (Editore), Arne Henningsen (Editore), Joseph A. (Mzumbe University Kuzilwa (Editore), Niels (University of Copenhagen Fold (Editore), Arne (University of Copenhagen Henningsen (Editore), Marianne Nylandsted (University of Copenhagen Larsen (Editore), Kuzilwa Joseph A. (Editore), Fold Niels (Editore), Henningsen Arne (Editore), Larsen Marianne Nylandsted (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 31.08.2017
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica
• EAN: 9781138120747
• ISBN: 978-1-138-12074-7
• Numero di pagine: 254
• Serie: Earthscan Food and Agriculture; Earthscan Food and Agriculture
• Categorie: NATURE / Ecology, Small businesses & self-employed, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Environmental Economics, Regional Studies, Environmental Management, Regional / International studies, Small businesses and self-employment, Agricultural science, Business mathematics & systems, Human Geography, Development Studies, Regional Geography, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Agriculture & Related Industries, Agribusiness and primary industries, Business and the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business, Business & the environment, 'Green' approaches to business, Business mathematics and systems, Socio-Economic Development, Vice Versa, qualitative case studies, income diversification, sugarcane cultivation, Average Income, smallholder livelihoods, value chain governance, CSR Programme, rural enterprise development, Improved Seeds, GVC Literature, contract farming policy impacts Tanzania, corporate social responsibility agriculture, Input Credit, Contract Farming Scheme, Seed Cotton, RCUs, Non-farm Businesses, Crop Authorities, Kilimo Kwanza, Contract Farming Arrangements, Input Delivery System, Kongwa District, Seed Cotton Prices, Sunflower Production, Primary Cooperative Societies