Managing Contract Farming

Course details

• Procurement managers of food and agro-processing companies/agencies
• Professionals in-charge of contract farming activities
• Officials from department of marketing of central and state governments
• Personnel from export houses, banks, NGOs and other agencies dealing with agricultural commodities, processed products, and agricultural inputs

Objectives

• To develop understanding of contract farming concept, its rationale, and management issues
• To develop skills in designing contracts and implementation strategy
• To develop skills in operational management of contract farming programmes and practices
• To expose participants to the policy environment concerned with the procurement of agricultural commodities

Content

• Concept and rationale of contract farming
• Contract farming models (organization)
• Strategy and implementation Issues
• Quality monitoring and delivery
• Quantity and pricing issues
• Designing contracts and policy experiment
• Innovations in contract coordination