AGRIBUSINESS CHALLENGES TO EFFECTIVENESS OF CONTRACT FARMING IN COMMERCIALIZATION OF SMALL-SCALE VEGETABLE FARMERS IN EASTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA

AGRIBUSINESS CHALLENGES TO EFFECTIVENESS OF CONTRACT FARMING IN COMMERCIALIZATION OF SMALL-SCALE VEGETABLE FARMERS IN EASTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA

The study investigated the key factors that influ- ence small-scale vegetable farmers’ participation in contract farming arrangements. A sample of 70 small-scale vegetable farmers and 15 key informants of agribusiness firms involved in contract farming production of vegetables were selected in Amat...

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Main Authors: Musa Khapayi, Pieter Van Niekerk, Phillip Retief Celliers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Life Sciences in Poznań 2018-12-01
Series:Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development
Subjects:
agribusiness
commercialization
contract farming
small-scale vegetable
Online Access:http://www1.up.poznan.pl/jard/index.php/jard/article/view/1165

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