The paper outlines commodity characteristics that determine forms of marketing, changing conditions that need new institutions, producer coops, marketing coops and contract farming as marketing institutions, and potential and constraints for smallholder participation in contract farming.
Title
Contractual relations in the market
Issue Date
2005
Publication Type
Conference Paper/ Presentation
Record Identifier
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/229416
PURL Identifier
http://purl.umn.edu/229416
Total Pages
4
JEL Codes
L14
L22
Q12
Q13
Note
Also see Jabbar, Mohammad A, Delgado, Christopher and Minot, Nicholas (2005) in Eleni Z Gabre-Madhin (Ed) (2005) Unleashing markets for agricultural growth in Ethiopia. Summary proceedings of the MoARD-IFPRI workshop held on 18-20 May 2005 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. IFPRI, pp.101-104