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Routledge Handbook of Contract Farming and Development

Routledge Handbook of Contract Farming and Development

Fold, Niels
Narayanan, Sudha
Hambloch, Caroline

Hardcover

Series: Routledge International Handbooks

General Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

PREORDER - Expected ship date September 21, 2026

ISBN10: 1032845287
ISBN13: 9781032845289
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Sep 21 2026
Pages: 464
Weight: 0.99
Language: English

The Routledge Handbook of Contract Farming and Development assesses the main conceptual, methodological and theoretical debates surrounding contract farming, and its implications for rural development in the Global South.

Contract farming has rapidly expanded in the Global South in the wake of structural adjustment, providing an intermediate form of agricultural organization between open procurement and fully integrated plantation agriculture. However, it is also a focus of contestation, with some viewing it as a win-win solution to the struggles of smallholders in the Global South, and others viewing it through the lens of peasant exploitation. This book combines conceptual and methodological contributions with rich empirical case studies, encouraging a holistic understanding of contract farming by transcending disciplinary silos. Overall, the book equips readers with a rich understanding of key themes, policies, business models, actors and social dynamics surrounding contract farming. It considers local and regional variations and contexts, and the broader implications of contract farming for agrarian change globally.

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