Impact of contract farming on profits of smallholders: Evidence from cultivation of onion, okra, and pomegranate in India

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.contributor.donorIndian Council of Agricultural Researchen
cg.coverage.countryIndia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2IN
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.creator.identifierAnjani Kumar: 0000-0001-8920-6598
cg.creator.identifierGaurav Tripathi: 0000-0002-6778-5506
cg.creator.identifierDevesh Roy: 0000-0003-4795-7240
cg.creator.identifierPramod Kumar Joshi: 0000-0002-9637-1767
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Collaboration
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - South Asia Region
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.number1787en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Anjanien
dc.contributor.authorTripathi, Gauraven
dc.contributor.authorRoy, Deveshen
dc.contributor.authorJoshi, Pramod Kumaren
dc.contributor.authorKarandikar, Bhushanaen
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:12:14Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:12:14Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/147210
dc.titleImpact of contract farming on profits of smallholders: Evidence from cultivation of onion, okra, and pomegranate in Indiaen
dcterms.abstractThis 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.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKumar, 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/10568/147210en
dcterms.extent45 pagesen
dcterms.isPartOfIFPRI Discussion Paperen
dcterms.issued2019-01-01
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146415en
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/147408en
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146264en
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146529en
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146652en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134431en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-008-9138-9en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/133037en
dcterms.subjectincomeen
dcterms.subjectonionsen
dcterms.subjectokrasen
dcterms.subjectvegetablesen
dcterms.subjectcapacity developmenten
dcterms.subjecthorticultureen
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.subjectpomegranatesen
dcterms.subjectcontract farmingen
dcterms.subjectfruit cropsen
dcterms.subjectpunica granatumen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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