Contract Farming

Minot, Nicholas ; Ronchi, Loraine

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: POULTRY;    EXPORT MARKETS;    SUBSISTENCE;    FOOD COMMODITIES;    EQUIPMENT;   

RP-ID  :  102736

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Contract farming involves production byfarmers under agreement with buyers for their outputs. Thisarrangement can help integrate small-scale farmers intomodern agricultural value chains, providing them withinputs, technical assistance, and assured markets. Criticscontend that contract partners may subject farmers toabuses. The literature shows that in fact contract farmingcan raise farm income, but mainly for high-value crops. Italso indicates that in many cases firms are willing to workwith small farms. This note confirms that conflicts arecommon between buyers and farmers, and that alternativedispute resolution methods may help resolve them.