CONTRACT FARMING
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FAO 145 |
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by
Charles Eaton
and
Andrew W. Shepherd
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Acknowledgements and references
Chapter 1
Advantages and problems of contract farming
Chapter 2
Key preconditions
for successful contract farming
The enabling and regulatory role
Chapter 3
Types of contract farming
Chapter 4
Contracts and their specifications
The formula of contracts can be based on ...
The specifications may include ...
Examples of contracts
are referred to in this Chapter
and given in the Annexes.
Chapter 5
Managing the project
Coordinating production requires advance ...
Managing the agronomy involves ...
Farmer-management relations can be maintained and strengthened by paying attention to ...
Chapter 6
Monitoring performance
Glossary
References and further reading
FIGURES
1. A contract farming framework
3. The multipartite model - A joint-venture contract farming project in China
BOXES
1. Technology transfer by diffusion
2. Effect of assured markets - Tomato production in India
3. Analysing the physical and social environment
4. Culture versus commercialism
5. Sugar-cane production by contract farming in Thailand
6. Individual developers - The informal model
8. "Acts of God" clauses in contracts
9. Land tenure for contract farming
10. Transient verbal contracts
11. An example of grading specifications for fresh tobacco leaf
12. The role of farmer groups in Colombia
13. Growers' Association in Kenya
14. Management and technology transfer in India
15. Monitoring milk production in Croatia
TABLES
1a. Example of an inventory of preconditions for contract farming - Socio-political assessment
1b. Example of an inventory of preconditions for contract farming - Physical and social assessment
2. Characteristics of contract farming structures
3. Characteristics of contract formulas
4. Pricing and grading structure of cassava under contract in Thailand
5. A cropping schedule for flue-cured tobacco under contract
6. Production and postharvest matrix for export papaya under contract
A1. Response (Y) and explanatory variables (x) for CYI
A2. Calculated production yields versus actual production
ANNEXES