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Rice contract farming in Lao PDR: Moving from subsistence to commercial agriculture

Poverty is prevalent among small farms in transition economies such as the Lao PDR, where market failures prevail and subsistence production is the norm. Contract farming is emerging as a promising tool to facilitate market linkages and provide the necessary supports that enable small farms to transition to commercial production. Using data from a household survey of 332 contract farmers and 253 non-contract farmers, this study attempts to empirically assess the potential of contract farming as a development tool to increase small farm incomes and reduce rural poverty.

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Document type Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Language of document
  • English
Topics
  • Agricultural management systems and technologies
  • Contract farming
  • Poverty policy and regulation
Geographic area (spatial range)
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
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Asian Development Bank Institute Kasumigaseki Building 8F 3-2-5 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-6008, Japan +81-3-3593-5500 www.adbi.org info@adbi.org

Author (individual) Setboonsarng, S., Leung, P., Stefan, A.
Author (corporate) ADB institute
Publication place Tokyo, Japan
Publisher ADB Institute
Publication date 2008
Pagination 24
Keywords foreign direct investment,rice contract farming
Date uploaded November 19, 2017, 20:22 (UTC)
Date modified July 13, 2018, 03:05 (UTC)