Impact of contract farming on profits of smallholders: Evidence from cultivation of onion, okra, and pomegranate in India
This paper attempts to quantify the benefits of contract farming (CF) on farmers’ income and investigates the determinants of participation in CF. This is based on a survey of 1,331 farmers from Maharashtra State in India engaged in onion, okra and pomegranate cultivation. The study, using 2-Stage L...
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| author | Kumar, Anjani Tripathi, Gaurav Roy, Devesh Joshi, Pramod Kumar Karandikar, Bhushana |
| author_browse | Joshi, Pramod Kumar Karandikar, Bhushana Kumar, Anjani Roy, Devesh Tripathi, Gaurav |
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| description | This paper attempts to quantify the benefits of contract farming (CF) on farmers’ income and investigates the determinants of participation in CF. This is based on a survey of 1,331 farmers from Maharashtra State in India engaged in onion, okra and pomegranate cultivation. The study, using 2-Stage Least Squares method and propensity score matching approach, reveals that CF ensures higher returns for smallholders to the tune of Rs 14.5 per kilogram over independent farmers. Access to institutional credit, extension services, farm size, personal ownership of transport and migration significantly affected farmers’ participation in CF. The empirical evidence of the benefits of CF for high-value export commodities should encourage government policies to promote and scale up the use of CF in India. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1472102025-11-06T05:19:08Z Impact of contract farming on profits of smallholders: Evidence from cultivation of onion, okra, and pomegranate in India Kumar, Anjani Tripathi, Gaurav Roy, Devesh Joshi, Pramod Kumar Karandikar, Bhushana income onions okras vegetables capacity development horticulture smallholders pomegranates contract farming fruit crops punica granatum This paper attempts to quantify the benefits of contract farming (CF) on farmers’ income and investigates the determinants of participation in CF. This is based on a survey of 1,331 farmers from Maharashtra State in India engaged in onion, okra and pomegranate cultivation. The study, using 2-Stage Least Squares method and propensity score matching approach, reveals that CF ensures higher returns for smallholders to the tune of Rs 14.5 per kilogram over independent farmers. Access to institutional credit, extension services, farm size, personal ownership of transport and migration significantly affected farmers’ participation in CF. The empirical evidence of the benefits of CF for high-value export commodities should encourage government policies to promote and scale up the use of CF in India. 2019-01-01 2024-06-21T09:12:14Z 2024-06-21T09:12:14Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147210 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146415 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147408 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146264 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146529 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146652 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134431 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-008-9138-9 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Kumar, Anjani; Tripathi, Gaurav; Roy, Devesh; Joshi, Pramod Kumar; and Karandikar, Bhushana. 2018. Impact of contract farming on profits of smallholders: Evidence from cultivation of onion, okra, and pomegranate in India. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1787. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147210 |
| spellingShingle | income onions okras vegetables capacity development horticulture smallholders pomegranates contract farming fruit crops punica granatum Kumar, Anjani Tripathi, Gaurav Roy, Devesh Joshi, Pramod Kumar Karandikar, Bhushana Impact of contract farming on profits of smallholders: Evidence from cultivation of onion, okra, and pomegranate in India |
| title | Impact of contract farming on profits of smallholders: Evidence from cultivation of onion, okra, and pomegranate in India |
| title_full | Impact of contract farming on profits of smallholders: Evidence from cultivation of onion, okra, and pomegranate in India |
| title_fullStr | Impact of contract farming on profits of smallholders: Evidence from cultivation of onion, okra, and pomegranate in India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of contract farming on profits of smallholders: Evidence from cultivation of onion, okra, and pomegranate in India |
| title_short | Impact of contract farming on profits of smallholders: Evidence from cultivation of onion, okra, and pomegranate in India |
| title_sort | impact of contract farming on profits of smallholders evidence from cultivation of onion okra and pomegranate in india |
| topic | income onions okras vegetables capacity development horticulture smallholders pomegranates contract farming fruit crops punica granatum |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147210 |
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