The purpose of this guide is to provide a practical and process-oriented approach for sound planning and implementation of contract farming schemes. It is intended to assist practitioners in making such private business arrangements, contract farming, and work. This guide provides answers and proposes tools for clarifying  of roles and responsibilities of all those involved in contract farming, the design of viable contract farming arrangements, the implementation of trust building and capacity development activities, and the reporting and monitoring systems required for managing contract farming schemes.