Organization Cambodia Development Resource Institute

Year 2021

Edited by: Lonn Pichdara and Chem Phalla, ed. 2021. Contract Farming in Mekong Countries: Best Practices and Lessons Learned. Phnom Penh: Cambodia Development Resource Institute.

The research project explored and documented best practices, successes, failure factors, and lessons learned from each country and provides policy suggestions to improve contract farming in selected crops such as rice, pepper, cashew nut, and fruit. The governments of the four countries - Cambodia, China, Thailand and Vietnam - have promoted contract farming for selling the products of agriculture to the domestic and foreign markets. Contract farming has presented many benefits for farmers, agriculture cooperatives and companies. For instance, access to markets, stable set-prices, and better inputs such as good quality seeds, and access to credit are some of the main factors and advantages that have led to success in contract farming.