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Nutrition-Based Incentives in Dairy Contract Farming in Northern Senegal

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  • Tanguy Bernard

    (GREThA - Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée - UB - Université de Bordeaux - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute [Washington] - CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR])

  • Melissa Hidrobo
  • Agnes Le Port

    (CESP - Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations - UVSQ - Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines - UP11 - Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 - AP-HP - Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) - Hôpital Paul Brousse - INSERM - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, MERIT - UMR_D 216 - Mère et enfant en milieu tropical : pathogènes, système de santé et transition épidémiologique - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - UPD5 - Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5, UPD5 - Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5, UPD5 Pharmacie - Faculté de Pharmacie de Paris - Université Paris Descartes - UPD5 - Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5)

  • Rahul Rawat

Abstract

In developing countries contract farming faces numerous challenges that many times lead to its fail-ure. Innovations that help overcome the difficulties of contracting with a large pool of small farmersin such settings can enhance the viability of such schemes. We use a randomized control trial designcombined with high frequency data to investigate the impact of adding a nutrition-based incentive incontracts between a Senegalese dairy processing factory and its semi-nomadic milk suppliers. The in-centive rewarded suppliers for consistent milk deliveries with daily delivery of a micro-nutrient forti-fied yogurt for each young child in corresponding households. Findings show large and significantimpacts on the frequency and amount of milk delivered, albeit limited to the dry season. We alsofind larger impacts on milk deliveries when contracts are managed by women.

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  • Tanguy Bernard & Melissa Hidrobo & Agnes Le Port & Rahul Rawat, 2018. "Nutrition-Based Incentives in Dairy Contract Farming in Northern Senegal," Post-Print hal-02467936, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02467936
    DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aay036
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    1. Mark Treurniet, 2021. "The Potency of Quality Incentives: Evidence from the Indonesian Dairy Value Chain," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 103(5), pages 1661-1678, October.
    2. Betelhem M. Negede & Hugo De Groote & Bart Minten & Maarten Voors, 2024. "Does access to improved grain storage technology increase farmers' welfare? Experimental evidence from maize farming in Ethiopia," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 75(1), pages 137-152, February.
    3. Shi, Zhanwen & Cao, Erbao, 2020. "Contract farming problems and games under yield uncertainty," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 64(04), January.
    4. Hoel, Jessica B. & Hidrobo, Melissa & Bernard, Tanguy & Ashour, Maha, 2021. "What do intra-household experiments measure? Evidence from the lab and field," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 188(C), pages 337-350.
    5. Mohamed Abouaziza, 2022. "Farmer constraints and relational contracts: evidence from agricultural value chains in East Africa," Economics PhD Theses 0122, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School.
    6. Zhanwen Shi & Erbao Cao, 2020. "Contract farming problems and games under yield uncertainty," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 64(4), pages 1210-1238, October.

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