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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetContract farming and the law: what do farmers need to know 2017
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This brief aims to help farmer leaders, farmer organizations and facilitators working with smallholders to achieve a correct understanding of the legal and operational aspects of contract farming. It is based on information extracted from the Legal Guide on Contract Farming (UNIDROIT/ FAO/IFAD, 2015), and from field experience in the implementation of contract farming projects by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). -
DocumentLarge Agricultural Investments and Inclusion of Small Farmers: Lessons of Case Studies in 7 Countries
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No results found.In order to check and promote the positive synergies between private companies and rural households, an analysis of past and ongoing experiences of contract farming is required. It represents the main objective of this report. The objectives of this study are to: describe the effects of contract farming schemes, characterize the factors limiting or promoting these various impacts, identify key findings to promote the emergence of positive synergies. The study’ considers a long-term time scale (10 to 50 years) and pays particular attention to changes in agricultural farming, production systems, access to markets and governance patterns of value chains. The study also analyzes how crops initially introduced thanks to contract farming schemes develop “off contract” and induce new value chain. The study focuses on seven countries - Ivory Coast, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Kenya, South-Africa, Laos and Indonesia – and major commodities such as: oil palm, rubber tree, fruits and vegetables, cere als, cotton and sugar cane. It is organized into 4 sections: i) the contract schemes, ii) the effects of these schemes, iii) the factors determining the nature and intensity of these effects and iv) key findings to promote positive synergies. Case studies are briefly presented in the appendix. -
DocumentLarge Agricultural Investments and Inclusion of Small Farmers: Lessons of Case Studies in 7 Countries
Land Tenure Working Paper 23
2012Large scale land acquisitions in southern countries have stimulated new debates on land governance and agricultural development models. This study examines the impacts of large investments associated to contract farming in a long-term time perspective (10 to 50 years). It is based on case studies in seven countries in Africa and Asia and on a few major commodities such as: oil palm, rubber tree, fruits and vegetables, cereals, cotton and sugar cane. Executive summary available in English. Full text in French.
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