tailieunhanh - Contract farming and its impact on income and livelihoods for small scale farmers: Case study in Vietnam

The purpose of this study was to analyse the impact of contract farming to farmers and to determine 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. | pISSN 1899-5241 eISSN 1899-5772 Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development 4(26) 2012, 147-166 CONTRACT FARMING AND ITS IMPACT ON INCOME AND LIVELIHOODS FOR SMALL-SCALE FARMERS: CASE STUDY IN VIETNAM Nham Phong Tuan Vietnam National University, Hanoi Abstract. 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 wellknown advantage 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, purchasing 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 determine 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 practical field support or through policy advocacy. Key words: contract farming, impact, farmers, income, livelihood, case studies INTRODUCTION With ninety per cent of the poor or three quarters of the population of Vietnam living on agriculture in the rural areas by growing and selling, agriculture still plays an important role for this group even when the structure of the economy is changing toward industrialization. However, there have been evidences that agriculture’s contribution to the country’s economy is not equally distributed to the number of people involved in this sector, for many reasons. In Vietnam, contract farming (CF) is considered Copyright © Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczego w .