Contact Farming and the State: Experiences of Thailand and India

Preface Intrduction Review of International Experience and Issues Contract Farming in Thiland - A Review Context, Objectives and Scope of the Study Contract Framing in Norht Thiland Contract Farming in Potato - Two case studies in North Thiland Nature of Contracts in Thiland State and Contract Farming in Thiland Contract Farming in Thiland: Summary and Conclusions Crisis and Diversification Punjab Agriculture and Contract Farming: Role of State and Agrobusiess Co-operative as Contractor: A case study of contract farming by MARKFED in Punjab Contract Farming of Seed in India: A Study of Private and Public Sector Performance Contract Farming in India: Impacts on Women and Child Workers Leveraging Contract Farming for Agricultural Devlopment in India: Lesson from Thiland and Beyond Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Index.