Based on case histories from nine Third World countries, this book examines the successful cooperation between private agribusiness firms and small farmers to increase agricultural production and income in developing countries.
Dr. Simon Williams, president of the Center for Rural Development, Inc., has been involved in development research for over twenty years with experience in Israel, Nigeria, Scandinavia, and Latin America. His most recent publications include Credit Systems for Small-Scale Farmers: Case Histories from Mexico (1973, with James Miller). Ruth Karen is senior vice-president of Business International Corporation and author of The Farmer and the Money Economy: The Role of the Private Sector in Agricultural Development of LDCs (1982, with Orville L. Freeman) and Toward an Unlimited Future (1983, with Elliott Haynes).
Innehållsförteckning
1. Agribusiness and the Small-Scale Farmer: A Dynamic Partnership for Development 2. Hindustan Lever Limited: A Milk Processing Operation in India 3. The Mumias Sugar Company: A Nuclear Estate in Kenya 4. Commonwealth Development Corporation: A Sugar Production and Settlement Scheme in Swaziland 5. Pinar: A Milk Processing Operation in Turkey 6. The Haggar Group: Cultivation of Tea, Coffee, and Tobacco in Southern Sudan 7. Charoen Pokphand: Pig Raising in Four Experimental Villages in Thailand 8. Productos del Monte: A Vegetable and Fruit Canning Operation in Mexico 9. San Miguel Corporation: A High-yield Hybrid Corn Seed Venture in the Philippines 10. Agro Inversiones C. por A.: A Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Export Project in the Dominican Republic 11. Adams International: Tobacco Growing and Marketing in Northern Thailand 12. Kenya Canners Limited: A Pineapple Plantation and Cannery in Kenya 13. Interaction Between Agribusiness and the Small-Scale Farmer: An Inventory of Experience in Less-Developed Countries 14. Optimizing the Role of the Private Sector in the Agricultural and Rural Development of LDCs: Policy Recommendations 15. Optimizing the Role of the Private Sector in the Agricultural and Rural Development of LDCs: Action Recommendations
