Centro de Recursos sobre la Agricultura de Contrato

Selected Issues Related to Contract Farming of Organic Agriculture in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Organization MIDAS Agronomics Co., Ltd
Year 2004

This paper is composed of the following sections: o Poverty and environmental implications of organic contract farming o Growing demand in the world market for organic products o Experience of Chinese farmers growing organic products for supermarket in Japan o Comparative advantages of the GMS for this development strategy o Potential and constraints in development of agro-processing of organic products o Steps to be taken to materialize this strategy o Issues which need attention from researchers