The purpose of this training manual is to provide a practical and process-oriented guidance for sound planning and implementation of contract farming schemes. It is intended to assist practitioners in making private business arrangements, contract farming, in an easy to use and detailed step-by-step process. The training manual covers the entire process of setting up a contract farming scheme.   The training manual is sub-divided into three main sections: Section A: About this guide; Section B: Conceptual foundations; Section C:  The contract farming facilitation guide. The training manual provides for practical exercises in terms of activities to be conducted.