@article{Tuan:199101,
      recid = {199101},
      author = {Tuan, Nham Phong},
      title = {Governance, Institutional, and Pro-Poor Analysis of  Cassava Contract Farming in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam},
      journal = {Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development},
      address = {2012-12-30},
      number = {1362-2016-107600},
      pages = {17},
      month = {Dec},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {Contract farming is seen as one of the measures to  facilitate participation of farmers in commercial  agriculture, adding more value to agricultural products.  Vietnam, however, shows mixed evidence on the well-known  advantages of contract farming to small farmers such as  reduced cost of accessing the market; access to credit  information on market opportunities or new technologies,  inputs, and product markets; and reduced price  fluctuations. This study analyzed the impact of contract  farming on farmers and identified policies that may  facilitate farmers’ entry into beneficial contractual  relationships. In addition to the literature review, an  intensive case study of cassava contract farming was  conducted. Data were analyzed using a dual-method  approach—governance and institutional analysis and a  pro-poor analysis. Factors found to be important to  contract farming are extension services, farmer empowerment  (technical and managerial), and capacity building of the  farmer organization. The results from the study have direct  relevance to stakeholders of contract farming, either  through practical field support or through policy  advocacy.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/199101},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.199101},
}