Contract Farming Resource Centre

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Contract farming (CF) work at FAO has been led by the Sustainable markets, agribusiness and rural transformation team (SMART) in the Agrifood Economics and Policy Division (ESA) in collaboration with Development Law Service at FAO. In particular, CF is a significant part of the thematic area under SMART: [...]

Nineteen new publications in English have been added into CFRC’s Library section. These publications cover a diverse array of topics related to contract farming (CF) and include journal articles, book chapters, working papers and conference proceeding papers. They were all published in 2023.

The publications encompass geographic regions spanning Africa, [...]

The Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) project entitled “Building capacities and facilitating enabling environment for contract farming in Lesotho” have successfully concluded. The project aims to increase knowledge and build capacities of relevant stakeholders in public and private sectors and facilitate an enabling environment for contract farming for sustainable development of [...]

In this recently published news (the news is linked below), Teemu Viinikainen and Carmen Bullón from the Development Law Service (LEGN) at FAO presented an example of good governance in drafting contract farming legislation through participation law-making in Lesotho. The authors discussed the methodology and steps in supporting countries to draft contract [...]

We have curated a list of ten frequently asked questions (FAQs) in the Background section of our CFRC, where you can also find about what contract farming (CF) is, FAO’s work on CF and how to navigate CFRC.

You will find succinct explanations regarding potential advantages and disadvantages of [...]

In our ongoing effort to provide a comprehensive and user-friendly platform on contract farming (CF), we have made improvements in the site structure and the organization of information and resources for CFRC.  These changes, particularly in the Library and Toolkit sections, aim to facilitate more efficient and overall [...]

FAO’s contract farming team comprises core members from the Agrifood Economics Division (ESA) that focuses on agribusiness and economic aspects of contract farming and the Development Law Service (LEGN) on legal and regulatory aspects. Contract farming work at FAO has been a multidisciplinary and [...]

FAO’s Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) project “Building capacities and facilitating enabling environment for contract farming in Lesotho” (TCP/LES/3801) has gained attention from local and regional media and received positive exposure to the public.

The project aims to increase knowledge and build capacities of relevant stakeholders in public and private sectors, and [...]

Discussions have been held and preparations been made to introduce a contract farming component to the project “Catalyzing the efficiency and sustainability of Azerbaijan’s Hazelnut Sector” (UTF/AZE/016/AZE). The project has been developed and jointly implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (FAO-Azerbaijan) and the [...]

Contract farming (CF) can be an effective model to coordinate linkages between farmers and buyers, improve smallholders' access to market, productive resources, technologies and capacity development, and enhance their competitiveness and livelihood. In close collaboration between FAO and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition: Department of Marketing in [...]

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