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Supply chain differentiation, contract agriculture, and farmers’ marketing preferences: the case of sweet pepper in Thailand GlobalFood Discussion Papers No.3

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Title Supply chain differentiation, contract agriculture, and farmers’ marketing preferences: the case of sweet pepper in Thailand GlobalFood Discussion Papers No.3
 
Creator Schipmann, C
Qaim, M
 
Subject Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description There is an emerging body of literature analyzing how smallholder farmers in developing
countries can be linked to modern supply chains. However, most of the available studies
concentrate on farm and farmer characteristics, failing to capture details of institutional
arrangements between farmers and traders. Moreover, farmers’ preferences have rarely been
considered. Here, we address these gaps by analyzing different market channels for sweet
pepper in Thailand. Using data from a survey and choice experiment with farmers, we find
that there is a general preference for marketing options that do not involve a contract.
Additional provision of inputs and credit can increase the attractiveness of contracts. Yet, the
most important factor for farmers is to personally know the buyer they deal with, which may
be related to issues of trust. Some policy implications are discussed.
 
Publisher Georg-August-University of Göttingen
 
Date 2011
 
Type Monograph
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/446/1/GlobalFood_DP3.pdf
Schipmann, C and Qaim, M (2011) Supply chain differentiation, contract agriculture, and farmers’ marketing preferences: the case of sweet pepper in Thailand GlobalFood Discussion Papers No.3. Discussion Paper. Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.