Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies: Volume 9 Issue 4

Impact of contract farming on product quality upgrading: the case of rice in Togo

Kokou E. Adabe, Abbevi G. Abbey, Irene S. Egyir, John K.M. Kuwornu, Henry Anim-Somuah

Due to rapid urbanization, rice consumption in Togo has also rapidly increased. Most consumers prefer imported rice over domestically produced rice due to the higher quality of…

Production, commercialization, and intellectual property of transgenic crops in Latin America: A state of the art review

Alejandro Barragán-Ocaña, Gerardo Reyes-Ruiz, Samuel Olmos-Peña, Hortensia Gómez-Viquez

Transgenic crops have been increasingly adopted, produced and commercialized throughout the world. Correspondingly, the management of intellectual property rights concerning…

Outlook on organized retailing of perishable produce in India: cross-city comparison

Aravazhi Selvaraj, S. Nedumaran, Disha Bose, Jyosthnaa Padmanabhan, Yesudas Pangiraj, Kiran Sharma

The purpose of this paper is to estimate the market demand and compare the average market margins for six broad categories of fresh produce in different retail formats across five…

Local value chain interventions: a systematic review

Kirt Hainzer, Talitha Best, Philip Hugh Brown

The purpose of this paper twofold: first, to review the current state of knowledge regarding local value chain (LVC) interventions in the context of international agricultural…

Effects of government supports and credits on Turkish agriculture: A spatial panel analysis

Ahmet Ali Koç, T. Edward Yu, Taylan Kıymaz, Bijay Prasad Sharma

Domestic supports on Turkish agriculture have substantially increased over the past decade while empirical evaluation of their output impact is limited. Also, the existing…

Influence of non-price incentives on the choice of cocoa licensed buying companies by farmers in the Western North of Ghana

Richard Kwasi Bannor, Helena Oppong-Kyeremeh, Samuel Atewene, Camillus Abawiera Wongnaa

The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors influencing the choice and the amount of cocoa beans sold to public and private licensed buying companies in the Western North…