Contract Farming Resource Centre

Contract farming and the law: what do regulators need to know?

Year 2017

This brief aims to help regulators and policymakers to achieve a correct understanding of the legal aspects of contract farming (CF).It is based on information extracted from the Legal Guide on Contract Farming (UNIDROIT/FAO/IFAD, 2015), and from field experience in the implementation of contract farming projects by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).