The nature and drivers of contracts in cattle herding and management: The case of Ghana

Abstract We study the characteristics of contracts in cattle production in Ghana and explain variations in contract type using agency and transaction cost theory. In their study of pastoral groups, especially those in West Africa, anthropologists have distinguished between two categories of contract...

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Main Authors: Godwin Yao Ameleke, Rein Haagsma, Naaminong Karbo, Akwasi Mensah-Bonsu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-01
Series:Pastoralism
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13570-020-00172-3