Volume : III, Issue : VI, June - 2014

Contract Farming: Role of Farmers and Processing Firms

Preetinder Kaur

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Contract farming is a contractual agreement between the two parties- one is farmer and other is any private firm. It includes the main features such as pre-determined price, quality and quantity of finished product at the time of delivery. Contract farming provides a true relationship between the farmer and firm. Firms guide and monitor the farmers throughout the duration of contract. Present research paper made an attempt to study the organization structure and relationship between contract farmers and firms mainly PEPSICO, PAGRO and UBL are selected from Malwa region of Punjab. Keeping in view the objectives of the paper an appropriate methodology is adopted. As far as methodology is concerned, paper is totally empirical and base on primary data. For the collection of data interview schedule was made and conducted on farmers who were tied into contract farming.

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Preetinder Kaur / Contract Farming: Role of Farmers and Processing Firms / International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.3, Issue.6 June 2014

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