High-Value Agricultual Markets and Contract Farming: Implications for Rural Development in Africa

高价值农产品市场在国际上越来越重要，包括在发展中国家。这些市场的一个典型特征是供应链上更紧密的垂直协调，通常涉及承包农业。这可能会对农村发展产生深远的影响。以往关于承包农业影响的研究主要集中在直接影响上，而忽略了通过各种溢出效应产生的间接影响。这个项目使用了更广泛的方法。将制定一个概念框架和适当的量化方法，以捕捉合同农业的直接影响和外溢影响。从经验上讲，这项研究将侧重于撒哈拉以南非洲国家的高价值蔬菜生产，这些国家特别需要关于如何促进有利于穷人的农村发展的知识。采用创新的抽样设计，将收集一条国内供应链和一条出口供应链的全面家庭调查数据。计量经济学分析将侧重于生产率、效率、就业和收入影响，以及不同制度因素的作用。研究结果将推动研究方向，并将增加对如何从发展角度评估和指导合同耕作计划的理解。

High-value agricultural markets are gaining in importance internationally, including in developing countries. One typical feature of these markets is tighter vertical coordination along supply chains, often involving contract farming. This is likely to have far-reaching implications for rural development. Previous studies on the impacts of contract farming have concentrated primarily on the direct effects, while indirect effects through various spillovers were largely neglected. This project uses a broader approach. A conceptual framework and appropriate quantitative methodologies will be developed to capture both the direct and spillover effects of contract farming. Empirically, the research will focus on high-value vegetable production in countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, where knowledge on how to promote pro-poor rural development is particularly needed. Using an innovative sampling design, comprehensive household survey data will be collected for one domestic and one export supply chain. Econometric analyses will focus on productivity, efficiency, employment, and income effects, and the role of different institutional factors. The results will advance the research direction and will add to the understanding of how to assess and guide contract farming schemes from a development perspective.