Over the past few decades, the agricultural sector of Southeast Asia has experienced robust growth and undergone a structural transformation albeit differentially across the countries in the region.
Growing demand for high-value food commodities is opening up opportunities for farmers, especially smallholders to diversify towards commodities that have strong potential for higher returns to land, labour and capital. But, there is an apprehension about the capability of smallholders to participate in the market-oriented production due to their lack of access to markets, capital, inputs, and technology and extension services.
Agriculture in the north-eastern region of India has considerable potential to grow and contribute to the overall economic growth and livelihood of the rural population. The climate is favourable to grow a wide variety of crops, particularly fruits, vegetables and spices.
Contract farming is emerging as an important form of vertical coordination in agri-food markets in India, and its economic and social consequences are attracting considerable attention in the food policy debates. In this paper the authors have examined the effects of contract farming on milk on productivity, production and costs, prices and profitability.
Contract farming is emerging as an important form of vertical coordination in the agrifood supply chain in India, and its socioeconomic consequences are attracting considerable attention in public policy debates. This study is an empirical assessment of the costs and benefits of contract farming in milk using
