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Lesotho is taking steps towards establishing an enabling regulatory framework for contract farming. As a part of an FAO’s Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) project "Building capacities and facilitating enabling environment for contract farming in Lesotho (TCP/LES/3801)", a National Contract Farming Working Group – with representation from both public and private [...]
Several validation workshops were held under FAO's Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) project "Building Capacities and Facilitating Enabling Environment for Contract Farming in Lesotho (TCP/LES/3801)," implemented at the request of the Government of Lesotho. The project aims to increase knowledge and build capacities of relevant stakeholders in public [...]
FAO ESA and LEGN, in close collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise (MoAFSE) and together with the FAO team in Belize, and supporting office in Jamaica, successfulty implemented a Technical Cooperation Project TCP/BZE/3702/C2: “Establishment of a Legislative and Regulatory Framework to Enhance the Contract Farming in [...]
In the latest State of Agricultural Commodity Markets (SOCO 2020) flagship publication by FAO, contract farming is presented as one of the business models for sustainable growth providing an approach for smallholder farmers integration into the modern and global value chains, hence being an important tool for sustainable agrifood value chain development.
Contract farming can provide smallholder [...]
The latest State of Agricultural Commodity Markets (SOCO 2020) flagship publication by FAO, dedicated to agricultural markets and sustainable development, global value chains, smallhoder farmers and digital innovation featured contract farming as one of the topics.
The publication discusses the trends in agricultural and food markets, with recent trends and drivers [...]
A Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) project on contract farming in Belize has just started.
Agriculture is the bedrock of the Belizean economy, contributing significantly to its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employment, income and food and nutrition security. Agrifood value chains are underdeveloped, the competitiveness of local agribusinesses and small- and [...]
Rural 21 is an international journal dedicated to topics surrounding rural development, and having the ambition is to further strategies and policies that strengthen rural areas for developing and newly industrialising countries and encourage their implementation. Relevant themes in this journal include agriculture and fisheries via capacity building and education [...]
In developing countries contract farming faces numerous challenges that many times lead to its failure. Innovations that help overcome the difficulties of contracting with a large pool of small farmers in such settings can enhance the viability of such schemes. We use a randomized control trial design combined with high [...]
27.06.2019
The workshop brought together 25 representatives of producer organizations from Burundi, Djibouti, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. Participants highlighted the need for capacity development at country level on contract formation and negotiation to identify gaps in existing contracts and improve negotiation of future contracts with buyers. FAO and IISD will [...]
