The Impact on Farmers of the Privatization of Integrated Agricultural Monopsonies

Paul Makdissi (paul.makdissi@uottawa.ca) and Quentin Wodon

Cahiers de recherche from Departement d'économique de l'École de gestion à l'Université de Sherbrooke

Abstract: International Financial Institutions have advocated the privatization of integrated agricultural monopsonies in developing countries with the hope that competition between private firms under a contract farming system would reduce inefficiencies in production and enable farmers to obtain a higher share of world commodity prices. \ Using a very simple theoretical model, this paper shows however that the impact of privatization and contract farming may not be positive for all farmers.

Keywords: Privatization; Cotton; Africa; Welfare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D42 L1 O13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14 pages
Date: 2001, Revised 2004
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