Cross-border Contract Farming Arrangement: Variations and Implications in the Lao People's Democratic Republic

• Main Authors: Manorom, Kanokwan, Hall, David, Lu, Xing, Katima, Suchat, Medialdia, Maria Theresa, Siharath, Singkhon, Srisuphan, Pinwadee
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Phnom Penh Plan 2016
• Subjects: Agriculture and natural resources; Regional cooperation and integration
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/13748
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

This paper presents the variations and implications of contract farming arrangements in three case studies—cabbage, maize, and sugarcane—in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). The variations in contract farming resulted in varying implications in terms of agreement types, degree of flexi...