Contract linkages and resource use in grain production : the Argentine pradera pampeana
This paper analyzes contractual arrangements in barley production in the Argentine pradera pampeana region. Barley constitutes an interesting casestudy: its production and marketing conditions result in some degree of vertical contracting between primary producers and processors. Vertical coordination via contracting, however, is considerably less than that observed for example in poultry or some types of vegetable and fruit production.