Managing Quantity, Quality, and Timing in Indian Cane Sugar Production : Ex Post Marketing Permits or Ex Ante Production Contracts?

Managing Quantity, Quality, and Timing in Indian Cane Sugar Production : Ex Post Marketing Permits or Ex Ante Production Contracts?

Private sugar processors in Andhra Pradesh, India use an unusual form of vertical coordination. They issue 'permits' to selected cane growers a few weeks before harvest. These permits specify the amount of cane to be delivered during a na...

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Main Authors:	Patlolla, Sandhyarani, Goodhue, Rachael E., Sexton, Richard J.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGRIBUSINESS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL LABOR AGRICULTURAL LABORERS AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGRICULTURAL PROBLEMS AGRICULTURE CANE SUGAR COMMERCIAL CROPS CONTRACT FARMING COOPERATIVES CROP CROPPING CROPPING SEASONS CROPS CULTIVATION DISEASES DISTRIBUTION OF LAND FAMILY MEMBERS FAO FARM FARM LABOR FARM SECTOR FARM SIZE FARMER FARMER MEMBERS FARMERS FARMS FERTILIZER FLOOR PRICE FOOD MARKETS FOOD POLICY FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD PROCESSING FOOD SUPPLY HARVESTING HAZARD INTEGRATION INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LAND PREPARATION LIVESTOCK LONG-TERM CONTRACTS MAJORITY OF FARMERS MILLS PACKING PESTICIDES PESTS PLANTING PRICE PREMIUM PRODUCE PRODUCT QUALITY PRODUCTION COST PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION METHODS REGIONAL DUMMIES REGIONAL EFFECTS RICE CULTIVATION RICE PRODUCTION RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL POPULATION SEED SMALL FARMERS SOIL QUALITY SUCROSE SUGAR CANE SUGAR FACTORIES SUGAR INDUSTRY SUGARCANE SWEETENERS TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY UNREGULATED MARKETS VILLAGE LEADERS VILLAGE LEVEL YIELDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/07/19878480/managing-quantity-quality-timing-indian-cane-sugar-production-ex-post-marketing-permits-or-ex-ante-production-contracts http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19348

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/07/19878480/managing-quantity-quality-timing-indian-cane-sugar-production-ex-post-marketing-permits-or-ex-ante-production-contracts
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19348

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