Cooperatives, contract farming, and farm size: The case of tomato producers in Nepal

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.coverage.countryNepal
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NP
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.creator.identifierAnjani Kumar: 0000-0001-8920-6598
cg.creator.identifierPramod Kumar Joshi: 0000-0002-9637-1767
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/agr.21563en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Policy Reform Initiative Project (PRIP)
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - South Asia Region
cg.identifier.publicationRankC
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0742-4477en
cg.issn1520-6297en
cg.issue4en
cg.journalAgribusinessen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume34en
dc.contributor.authorMishra, Ashok K.en
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Anjanien
dc.contributor.authorJoshi, Pramod Kumaren
dc.contributor.authorD'Souza, Alwinen
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:07:58Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:07:58Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146657
dc.titleCooperatives, contract farming, and farm size: The case of tomato producers in Nepalen
dcterms.abstractThis study investigates the impact of contract farming (CF) through cooperatives in tomatoes on employment and economic performance of smallholders in a low‐income developing country. Using farm‐level data from Nepal and a nonparametric matching estimator, the study finds a negative and significant effect of CF on employment. However, CF through cooperatives has a positive and significant impact on profits, and yield. We find that small farms (≤0.51 ha) with contracts tend to gain in profits and yield per hectare. However, large farms (>0.85 ha) with contracts employ significantly less hired labor per hectare. Finally, our estimates reveal that, compared to independent producers, smallholder households in Nepal that engaged in CF with both input and output conditions received, on average, higher profits and yield. Findings underscore the importance of cooperatives and CF. [EconLit citations: C31, D23, Q12, Q13]en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMishra, Ashok K.; Kumar, Anjani; Joshi, Pramod Kumar.; and D'Souza, Alwin. 2018. Cooperatives, contract farming, and farm size: The case of tomato producers in Nepal. Agribusiness 34(4): 856-886. https://doi.org/10.1002/agr.21563en
dcterms.extentpp. 865-886en
dcterms.issued2018-06-06
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherWiley-Blackwellen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/6255en
dcterms.subjectemploymenten
dcterms.subjectcapacity developmenten
dcterms.subjectcrop yielden
dcterms.subjecttomatoesen
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.subjectcooperativesen
dcterms.subjectcontract farmingen
dcterms.subjectprofiten
dcterms.subjectfarm sizeen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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