Contract Farming as an Institution for Integrating Rural Smallholders in Markets for Livestock Products in Developing Countries: (I) Framework and Applications
| dc.date | 2023-04-27T12:04:20Z | |
| dc.date | 2023-04-27T12:04:20Z | |
| dc.date | 2008 | |
| dc.date | 2019-05-30T18:15:07.0000000Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-27T22:32:33Z | |
| dc.description | This report provides an overview of the theoretical underpinnings of the emergence of contract arrangements versus reliance on spot markets. Transaction costs economics is the dominant school of thought in the literature on contracts, particularly with respect to the rationale of firms to vertically integrate instead of engaging in direct exchange in the open market. Vertical integration and other forms of exchange organisation are traced to the objective of economic agents to reduce transaction costs in an environment where market imperfections predominate and economic agents behave opportunistically. | |
| dc.format | 12p. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/bp268e | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.fao.org/3/a-bp268e.pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/255790 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.publisher | FAO ; | |
| dc.relation | Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative (PPLPI) Research Report | |
| dc.rights | FAO | |
| dc.title | Contract Farming as an Institution for Integrating Rural Smallholders in Markets for Livestock Products in Developing Countries: (I) Framework and Applications | |
| dc.title | Contract Farming as an Institution for Integrating Rural Smallholders in Markets for Livestock Products in Developing Countries: (I) Framework and Applications | |
| dc.title | Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative: A Living from Livestock | |
| dc.type | Document |