Sugarcane outgrowers in Ethiopia: ’forced’ to remain poor?
Research output: Working paper › Research
Contract farming is often seen as a panacea to many of the challenges faced by agricultural production in developing countries. Given the large heterogeneity of contract farming arrangements, it is debatable whether all kinds of contract farming arrangements offer benefits to participating smallholders. We apply matching methods to analyze the effects of a public sugarcane outgrower scheme in Ethiopia. Participation in the outgrower scheme significantly reduces the income and asset stocks of outgrowers who contributed irrigated land to the outgrower scheme, while the effect was insignificant for outgrowers who contributed rain-fed land. We provide several explanations and discuss policy implications.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | Frederiksberg |
Publisher | Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen |
Number of pages | 40 |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Series | IFRO Working Paper |
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Number | 2015/06 |
Links
- http://econpapers.repec.org/paper/foiwpaper/2015_5f06.htm
Final published version
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