Micro Contracting and the Smallholder Poultry Supply Chain in Lao PDR

Drew Behnke (), David Roland-Holst and Joachim Otte
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Drew Behnke: University of California
Joachim Otte: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Chapter Chapter 18 in Health and Animal Agriculture in Developing Countries, 2012, pp 353-370 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The population of Lao PDR remains a predominately rural population and engaged in subsistence agriculture. For this reason, livestock generally and poultry in particular can be instrumental to sustaining and improving livelihoods. However, these livelihood potentials are far from being realized, because a myriad of market access challenges and information/incentive failures deter participation and undermine value creation across low income supply chains. These include, but are not limited to, transport costs, search costs, the nature of sales (often in times of emergency), information asymmetries, and agency problems that undermine investment incentives and reduce the likelihood of smallholders effective market participation.

Keywords: Supply Chain; Price Discount; Poultry Product; Flock Size; Intermediary Agent (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7077-0_18

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