Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/230278 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Citation: 
[Journal:] Agribusiness [ISSN:] 1520-6297 [Volume:] 36 [Issue:] 2 [Publisher:] Wiley [Place:] Hoboken, NJ [Year:] 2019 [Pages:] 259-280
Publisher: 
Wiley, Hoboken, NJ
Abstract: 
Despite the fact that contracting facilitates farmer participation in agrifood value chains, evidence on farmers’ participation in different forms of contracts and the impact on farm performance is still limited. This study examines the determinants and impacts of vertical coordination mechanism-spot market transactions, written, and verbal contract-on-farm performance of rice farmers in northern Ghana, using a multinomial BFG model to account for selectivity bias. The findings indicate that vertical coordination participation decision is significantly influenced by age, access to credit, labor, association membership, and sales to institutional buyers. The empirical results also reveal significant gains in farm performance outcomes from participating in written and verbal contracts, relative to spot market transactions.
Subjects: 
C34
C35
D23
Q12
Q13
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Article
Document Version: 
Published Version

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