?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F446%2F&rft.title=Supply+chain+differentiation%2C+contract+agriculture%2C+and+farmers%E2%80%99+marketing+preferences%3A+the+case+of+sweet+pepper+in+Thailand+GlobalFood+Discussion+Papers+No.3&rft.creator=Schipmann%2C+C&rft.creator=Qaim%2C+M&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=There+is+an+emerging+body+of+literature+analyzing+how+smallholder+farmers+in+developing%0D%0Acountries+can+be+linked+to+modern+supply+chains.+However%2C+most+of+the+available+studies%0D%0Aconcentrate+on+farm+and+farmer+characteristics%2C+failing+to+capture+details+of+institutional%0D%0Aarrangements+between+farmers+and+traders.+Moreover%2C+farmers%E2%80%99+preferences+have+rarely+been%0D%0Aconsidered.+Here%2C+we+address+these+gaps+by+analyzing+different+market+channels+for+sweet%0D%0Apepper+in+Thailand.+Using+data+from+a+survey+and+choice+experiment+with+farmers%2C+we+find%0D%0Athat+there+is+a+general+preference+for+marketing+options+that+do+not+involve+a+contract.%0D%0AAdditional+provision+of+inputs+and+credit+can+increase+the+attractiveness+of+contracts.+Yet%2C+the%0D%0Amost+important+factor+for+farmers+is+to+personally+know+the+buyer+they+deal+with%2C+which+may%0D%0Abe+related+to+issues+of+trust.+Some+policy+implications+are+discussed.&rft.publisher=Georg-August-University+of+G%C3%B6ttingen&rft.date=2011&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F446%2F1%2FGlobalFood_DP3.pdf&rft.identifier=++Schipmann%2C+C+and+Qaim%2C+M++(2011)+Supply+chain+differentiation%2C+contract+agriculture%2C+and+farmers%E2%80%99+marketing+preferences%3A+the+case+of+sweet+pepper+in+Thailand+GlobalFood+Discussion+Papers+No.3.++Discussion+Paper.+Georg-August-University+of+G%C3%B6ttingen%2C+G%C3%B6ttingen%2C+Germany.+++++