Key challenges in Malawi's paprika supply chain: new insights into contract farming. Issue 2 (17th February 2018)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Key challenges in Malawi's paprika supply chain: new insights into contract farming. Issue 2 (17th February 2018)
- Main Title:
- Key challenges in Malawi's paprika supply chain: new insights into contract farming
- Authors:
- Repar, Lana A.
Onakuse, Stephen
Bogue, Joe
Afonso, Ana - Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: Contract farming is a vital tool for linking small-scale farmers with modern supply chains. This study explored challenges resulting from contracting in the paprika supply chain in Malawi. The study used focus groups, semi-structured interviews, and email correspondence with 100 supply chain participants. The identified challenges include: inadequate input provision via the contract, a lack of opportunities to bargain and participate in contract design, and side-selling. While the contract secured the outlet for paprika, it failed to provide a reliable paprika supply for the contracting company. Thus, Malawi's case analyses the potential of contract farming to champion the development of vulnerable economies.
- Is Part Of:
- Development in practice. Volume 28:Issue 2(2018)
- Journal:
- Development in practice
- Issue:
- Volume 28:Issue 2(2018)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 28, Issue 2 (2018)
- Year:
- 2018
- Volume:
- 28
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2018-0028-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 227
- Page End:
- 241
- Publication Date:
- 2018-02-17
- Subjects:
- Aid – Development policies -- Labour and livelihoods – Poverty reduction, Economics -- Sub-Saharan Africa
Technical assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals
Economic assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals
Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals
338.91091724 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cdip20/current ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/09614524.2018.1424801 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0961-4524
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- Legaldeposit
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