Contract Farming Resource Centre

THE STATUS OF CONTRACT FARMING IN MALAWI

Organization Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network
Year 2005

To establish an agrarian economy that ensures food and nutrition security to its growing population, raw material for an expanding industrial base, surpluses for export and a fair an a equitable rewarding system for the farming community, ‘commitment driven’ contract farming is in no doubt a viable alternative farming model that provides assured and reliable input service to farmers and desired farm produce to the contracting firms.