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Course on
OPERATIONAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF CONTRACT
FARMING OPERATIONS
INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE

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Contents
• Training objectives
• Structure of the training
• Overview of FAO’s work on
contract farming

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1. Training objectives
▫ Build capacity on planning and
implementing contract farming
operations
▫ Disseminate the knowledge of
contract farming legal aspects:
The Legal Guide on Contract
farming
▫ Provide guidance in designing
contract farming laws and policies

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1. Training objectives
▫ Provide practical experience
through case studies and filed
visits
▫ Validate the relevance and
usefulness of materials
developed from the Legal
Guide

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2. Structure of the training
DAY ONE
▫ Introduction to basic concepts of contract farming
(what, who, how, why, pros and cons, impacts)
▫ Case study 1 – CF for poultry in Brazil
▫ Planning and setting up contract farming
operations
▫ Case study 2 – CF in the tobacco industry in Fiji

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2. Structure of the training
DAY TWO
▫ Introduction to legal aspects of contract farming
▫ Case study 3 – contract analysis
▫ Risk management and conflict resolution
▫ Case study 4 - Contract breakdown & conflict
resolution – CF for vanilla in Tonga
▫ Case study presentations on national contract
farming policies – Vietnam, Brazil
▫ Field visit briefing and guidance

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2. Structure of the training
DAY THREE
▫ Field visit to contract farming operation
 Farm
 Retail outlet for contracted produce

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2. Structure of the training
DAY FOUR
▫ Discussion of the field visit
▫ Review of FAO policy briefs and guidelines
▫ Participants feedback
▫ Training evaluation and feedback

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3. Overview of FAO’s work on
contract farming
▫ Advocacy and promotion
▫ Capacity building
▫ Publications
▫ Guidance on regulatory frameworks
▫ Technical support provision within
the scope of field projects
▫ Collaboration with IOs (World Bank, IFAD,
WFP, UNIDROIT)
▫ Dissemination of knowledge

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What is FAO doing in response to the
growing demand for CF work?
• CF advocacy and promotion
▫ Frequent presentations of FAO experts in
international events
▫ Articles, interviews, op eds. (e.g. article in WFO
newsletter in 2013; press interviews, etc.)
▫ Inclusion of references to CF in the recently
approved RAI principles
• Direct support to countries on regulatory
frameworks
▫ Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Malawi,
Morocco, Albania, Georgia, Senegal

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What is FAO doing in response to the
growing demand for CF work?
•Technical support provision within the
scope of field projects
▫ Afghanistan, Cape Verde, Philippines, Malawi,
Samoa
• Capacity building
▫ Training workshops on Planning and
Implementing Contract Farming Operations
 Targets extension agents, NGOs, private sector professionals and others
interested in facilitating the initiation of CF schemes
 Thailand (3), Tanzania, Cape Verde (2), El Salvador; Vietnam, Portugal, Fiji, Samoa,
Barbados

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What is FAO doing in response to the
growing demand for CF work?
• Development of an international Legal Guide on
Contract Farming
▫ Partnership with the International Institute for the
Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) and IFAD
 Practical guidance on legal and regulatory frameworks and on
good practices for responsible contract farming operations
(contract design, applicable law, dispute resolution, etc.)
▫ Project started in 2013
 Draft guide was prepared and discussed through a series of
regional consultations
 Final text released in a book in July 2015
• Collaboration with the World Bank on CF issues
▫ Advisory role on the WB/IFC “Enabling the Business of Agriculture”
project.

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What is FAO doing in response to the
growing demand for CF work?
Publications
▫ Contract Farming: Partnerships for
Growth (2001)
▫ The Growing Role of Contract
Farming in Agrifood Systems
Development (2005)
▫ Overview of CF Legal Issues and
Challenges (2012)
▫ Guiding Principles for Responsible
CF Operations (2012)
▫ Special issue of “Food Chain”(2013)
▫ New publication: “CF for Inclusive
Market Access” (2014)
▫ Training Manual on CF Planning and
Implementation
▫ UNIDROIT/FAO Legal Guide on CF
(2015)

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What is FAO doing in response to the
growing demand for CF work?
Knowledge generation and management
▫ Managing the Contract Farming Resource
Centre
 Constant monitoring of the technical literature and
uploading of new references
 Constant expansion of a large international
collection of sample contracts

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