An investigation of the organisational features, commodities and situations associated with contract farming and outgrower schemes in Sub Saharan Africa and of the factors which are critical to their successful operation

This desk review is funded under ODA's Crop Post Harvest Programme. The framework for the research is the improvement of marketing and financing services for traders and farmers in liberalising economies. The Terms of Reference required the researcher to identify the types of scheme, the commodities and situations for which contract farming/outgrower schemes are appropriate as well as the critical success factors