Contract Farming Resource Centre

The Farmer and Her Husband: Legal innovations for women in contract farming

Organization International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Year 2019

Providing the bulk of manual labour and producing subsistence crops to feed the family, women's role in family farming have not always been well-protected in contract farming arrangements. Ensuring women's rights are well-represented in contracts, this paper gives concrete examples of how contract farming regulations could be strengthened.