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Nutrition-Based Incentives in Dairy Contract Farming in Northern Senegal

Tanguy Bernard, Melissa Hidrobo, Agnes Le Port () and Rahul Rawat
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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

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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.

Keywords: Nutrition; Contract; Agriculture; Dairy; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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Published in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2018, 101 (2), pp.404-435. ⟨10.1093/ajae/aay036⟩

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DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aay036

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