Do development projects crowd out private-sector activities? A survival analysis of contract farming participation in northern Ghana
Contract farming (CF) is attractive as a possible private-sector-led strategy for improving smallholder farmers’ welfare. Yet many CF schemes suffer from high turnover of participating farmers and struggle to survive. So far, the dynamics of CF participation have remained largely unexplored. We empl...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Lambrecht, Isabel B. Ragasa, Catherine |
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| description | Contract farming (CF) is attractive as a possible private-sector-led strategy for improving smallholder farmers’ welfare. Yet many CF schemes suffer from high turnover of participating farmers and struggle to survive. So far, the dynamics of CF participation have remained largely unexplored. We employ duration analysis to examine factors affecting entry into and exit from different maize CF schemes in northern Ghana, focusing specifically on the impact of development projects on CF entry and exit. We find that agricultural development projects reduce the likelihood of scheme entry and increase the likelihood of exit. Our findings confirm concerns that, if interventions are not planned in accordance with relevant private-sector actors, private-sector initiatives can be hindered by competing development projects. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1474672025-11-06T05:21:55Z Do development projects crowd out private-sector activities? A survival analysis of contract farming participation in northern Ghana Lambrecht, Isabel B. Ragasa, Catherine economic development maize capacity development smallholders private sector agricultural development contract farming farming systems Contract farming (CF) is attractive as a possible private-sector-led strategy for improving smallholder farmers’ welfare. Yet many CF schemes suffer from high turnover of participating farmers and struggle to survive. So far, the dynamics of CF participation have remained largely unexplored. We employ duration analysis to examine factors affecting entry into and exit from different maize CF schemes in northern Ghana, focusing specifically on the impact of development projects on CF entry and exit. We find that agricultural development projects reduce the likelihood of scheme entry and increase the likelihood of exit. Our findings confirm concerns that, if interventions are not planned in accordance with relevant private-sector actors, private-sector initiatives can be hindered by competing development projects. 2016-12-02 2024-06-21T09:22:55Z 2024-06-21T09:22:55Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147467 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147957 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150171 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2017.11.001 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Lambrecht, Isabel and Ragasa, Catherine. 2016. Do development projects crowd out private-sector activities? A survival analysis of contract farming participation in northern Ghana. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1575. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147467 |
| spellingShingle | economic development maize capacity development smallholders private sector agricultural development contract farming farming systems Lambrecht, Isabel B. Ragasa, Catherine Do development projects crowd out private-sector activities? A survival analysis of contract farming participation in northern Ghana |
| title | Do development projects crowd out private-sector activities? A survival analysis of contract farming participation in northern Ghana |
| title_full | Do development projects crowd out private-sector activities? A survival analysis of contract farming participation in northern Ghana |
| title_fullStr | Do development projects crowd out private-sector activities? A survival analysis of contract farming participation in northern Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Do development projects crowd out private-sector activities? A survival analysis of contract farming participation in northern Ghana |
| title_short | Do development projects crowd out private-sector activities? A survival analysis of contract farming participation in northern Ghana |
| title_sort | do development projects crowd out private sector activities a survival analysis of contract farming participation in northern ghana |
| topic | economic development maize capacity development smallholders private sector agricultural development contract farming farming systems |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147467 |
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