Contract Farming in Mekong Countries: - “Best Practices” and Lessons Learned

The assistance of MAFF and its local departments helps to ensure that each party, transparently and amicably, sets the terms and conditions of the contract; it also Contract Farming in Cambodia 77 intervenes in the monitoring of the contract implementation and conflict resolution. [...] The company set the price high above the actual market on the day the paddy was purchased from the farmers, and made payments for the individual farmer to pick up at the company warehouse in Angsnol district. [...] Third parties such as the PDAFF and NGOs, supported by SCCRP, were also involved in the contract arrangements, 20 Contract Farming in Mekong Countries: Best Practices and Lessons Learned and they played an essential role in setting up the terms and conditions of the contract, as well as the roles and responsibilities of the parties concerned. [...] 2.2.1.4 The benefit of contract farming to smallholder farmers and enterprises in the rice sector As for the benefit of CF to farmers, in the case of AKR, they can access the new premium market. [...] The terms and conditions in the contract were set by the company in the case of AKR, while it was established by a joint agreement in the example of Amru Rice in Preah Vihear province; therefore, the CF of Amru Rice was able to work more smoothly.