Contract Farming And Its Impact On Income And Livelihoods For Small-Scale Farmers: Case Study In Vietnam

• Authors: Nham Phong Tuan

Title variants

PL

Kontraktacja i jej wpływ na dochód i utrzymanie rolników produkujących na małą skalę

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Contract farming has been expected as one of the measures to facilitate participation of farmers in the production of agriculture commercially, adding more values to agricultural produces. Mixed evidence in Vietnam however, has been shown on the well-known ad-vantage of the contract farming to small farmers such as reduce the cost to access to market, accessing credit, obtaining information on market opportunities or new technologies, pur-chasing certain inputs and accessing product markets and reducing price fluctuations. The purpose of this study was to analyse the impact of contract farming to farmers and to deter-mine policies to facilitate farmer entry into beneficial contractual relationships. In addition to the literature review, one intensive case study of contract farming practices with commodity was conducted. The results from the study have direct relevance to work of agencies and organizations working to promote the welfare of small holding farmers, either through prac-tical field support or through policy advocacy.

Keywords

EN

CONTRACT FARMING; IMPACT; FARMERS; INCOME; LIVELIHOOD; CASE STUDIES

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczego w Poznaniu
• Journal: Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development
• Year: 2012
• Issue: 4(26)
• Pages: 147-166

Contributors

author

Nham Phong Tuan

• Faculty of Business Administration, University of Economics and Busi-ness, Vietnam National University, Hanoi