Small Farmers, Big Business

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction

   • David Glover, Ken Kusterer

   Pages 1-20

3. Frozen Vegetables in Guatemala: Tapping the Small Farmer’s Potential

   • David Glover, Ken Kusterer

   Pages 21-44

4. Asparagus in Peru: Expanding the Agricultural Frontier

   • David Glover, Ken Kusterer

   Pages 45-72

5. McCain Foods, Canada: The Political Economy of Monopoly

   • David Glover, Ken Kusterer

   Pages 73-93

6. Mumias and KTDA, Kenya: Public Sector Participation

   • David Glover, Ken Kusterer

   Pages 95-112

7. Commodity Sketches: Mini-cases from Latin America

   • David Glover, Ken Kusterer

   Pages 113-126

8. Conclusions

   • David Glover, Ken Kusterer

   Pages 127-154

9. Policy Implications

   • David Glover, Ken Kusterer

   Pages 155-163

10. Back Matter

    Pages 165-170

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This book deals with an agricultural production and marketing system known as contract farming (CF). In this system, a public or private agency purchases the crops of independent farmers through contracts, often providing inputs, technical assistance and marketing. CF has a long history in developed countries and has spread to the Third World. The book uses case studies from North America, Latin America and Africa to assess the experience to date and provide guidelines for the use of CF in the future.

• agriculture
• business
• development
• economy
• marketing
• political economy
• production
• Public Sector

• International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada

  David Glover

• The American University, USA

  Ken Kusterer

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