A quick look behind the scenes shows there is a wide variety of approaches to contract farming that GIZ programmes currently integrate

To achieve a broad impact — i.e. being relevant, achieving quality, quantity and sustainability — a number of factors need to be taken into consideration

GIZ promotes contract farming as an inclusive business model, practical and process oriented. It guides practitioners through sound planning, starting-up, consolidation and scaling-up of contract farming schemes. The core element is the selection of ...

Contract farming gives small-scale farmers a more durable position within value chains specifying the obligations of farmers and buyers as partners in business. A promising option — though no silver bullet

It is an ambitious task to facilitate the emergence of viable Contract Farming business models — to make them inclusive is even more demanding. Requiring situation specific upgrading concepts for every single Contract Farming business model, local experts have to become competent process facilitators

AGROPROCESSING: SOLAR ENERGY FOR THE DRY SEASON Attempts to preserve food are as old as mankind itself – already thousands of years ago humans applied techniques to increase the shelf life of foodstuff and therefore be able [...]