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Key challenges in Malawi’s paprika supply chain: new insights into contract farming

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  • Lana A. Repar
  • Stephen Onakuse
  • Joe Bogue
  • Ana Afonso

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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.

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  • Lana A. Repar & Stephen Onakuse & Joe Bogue & Ana Afonso, 2018. "Key challenges in Malawi’s paprika supply chain: new insights into contract farming," Development in Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(2), pages 227-241, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cdipxx:v:28:y:2018:i:2:p:227-241
    DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2018.1424801
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    1. Nilanjan Dutta & Arshinder Kaur, 2023. "Enabling socially responsible operations: A decision-making model for a firm contracting with decision-biased smallholders," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 320(1), pages 509-533, January.

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