Contract farming; Tea; Marketing channels; Small producers; Phu Tho; Vietnam
Abstract :
[en] Contract farming between farmers and firms plays an important role in promoting access to
the markets for small producers, especially in the less developed and developing countries. It
is shown that contract farming provides farmers with the stable sale of their crops and agrobusiness
firms with a steady supply of agricultural products required by the market. This
paper focuses on analyzing benefits of tea producers that sign contracts with companies in
term of tea marketing channels. By analyzing the data collected through 110 surveyed
farmers in Thanh Son and Doan Hung districts in Phu Tho province, the study found that
contract farmers received lower price than non contract farmers did in exchange for higher
stability of price and better market access. As a result, it is highly recommended that small
tea farmers should participate in contract farming in Phu Tho Province, Vietnam.
Disciplines :
Agriculture & agronomy
Author, co-author :
Le Thi Kim, Oanh ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Doct. sc. agro. & ingé. biol.
Vu Dinh, Ton
Tran Huu, Cuong
Lebailly, Philippe ; Université de Liège > Agronomie, Bio-ingénierie et Chimie (AgroBioChem) > Economie et développement rural
Language :
English
Title :
Contract Farming as a Determinant of Promoting Tea Marketing Channels for Small Producers in Phu Tho Province
Publication date :
2016
Journal title :
International Review of Research in Emerging Markets and the Global Economy
eISSN :
2311-3200
Publisher :
Jupiter Global Business Research FZE, Dubai, United Arab Emirates