Do state-subsidized contractual arrangements improve farmers' income? Empirical evidence from Algeria
Assassi S., Soullier G.. 2024. Revue Canadienne d'Etudes du Développement, 45 (1) : p. 62-86.
To modernize agricultural value chains, some governments subsidize contract prices paid to farmers by private firms to encourage them to adopt contract farming. The impact of price-subsidized contracts on farmers' incomes has not yet been evaluated. To help fill this gap, we evaluated the impact of a contractual arrangement with a subsidized sales price implemented by a tomato cannery in Algeria. Our results showed that the arrangement increased profits by securing outlets and sales prices. The success of the Algerian intervention lies in generating a price premium and in combining public financial capacity and private governance of the contractual scheme.
Mots-clés : agriculture contractuelle; intervention de l'état; revenu de l'exploitation; chaîne de valeur; subvention; algérie
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Agents Cirad, auteurs de cette publication :
- Soullier Guillaume — Es / UMR ART-DEV