Abstract:
Contract farming (CF) has been used extensively to integrate agricultural value chain both
in the developed and developing countries. Integrating value chain with the farmer may
create a win-win situation for all, as well farmer, contractor, government, agro-processing
industry, wholesaler, retailer, customer etc. Participation in CF is associated with increased
farm productivity and farmer income. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to analyze
socio-economic factors affecting farmers’ participation in CF. The study used nationallyrepresentative
data of smallholder vegetable farmers in Shibpur upazila of Narsingdi
district. The data were collected from 75 contract farmer and 125 non-contract farmers of
Shibpur upazila. Binary logistic regression was used to analyze fifteen factors that
potentially affected farmers’ decision to participate in CF. The results showed that nine
factors had statistically significant effects on farmers' decision to participate in CF.
‘Household head's education, female head's occupation, family size, land type, size of land
holdings, labor use, type of fertilizers being used, training or technical knowledge and
average monthly income of the respondents had a positive influence on farmers' decisions.
It was also found that contract farming ensure higher price of produces for farmer and
reduces the retail price of bean. Besides those the study identified the problems and provide
suggestions to increase contract farming participation.
Description:
A Thesis Submitted to
The Department of Agribusiness & Marketing,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
AGRIBUSINESS AND MARKETING
