Cooperative Agreement on Human Settlements and Natural Resource Systems Analysis. Contract Farming, the Private Sector, and the State: An Annotated and Comprehensive Bibliography with Particular Reference to Africa

摘要

Contract farming includes the large-scale nucleus-estate/outgrower schemes associated with, for example, palm oil in West Africa and sugar production in Kenya; the parastatal, export-oriented smallholder schemes associated with tea, tobacco, and coffee in Central and East Africa; and a multitude of private schemes producing fresh fruits and vegetables for canning, drying, and direct export to international markets. The objective of the study is to assess the form, organization, and impact of a diversity of contracting arrangements in sub-Saharan Africa, based on both secondary literature and field research in seven countries (Gambia, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, and Senegal). The case studies have been carefully selected to represent the primary commodities and diversity of institutional forms of contract farming.