- Government drafted the Model Agriculture Produce and Livestock Contract Farming and Services (Promotion & Facilitation) Act, 2018.
- Addresses Challenges by:
- Setting up an unbiased state-level agency (“Contract Farming Authority”).
- Constitution of a “Registering and Agreement Recording Committee” at district/block level.
- Ensuring no rights, title, ownership, or possession are transferred to sponsor.
- Enabling production support (extension services, quality inputs, technology, credit).
- Promoting FPOs/FPCs to mobilize small/marginal farmers.
- Ensuring buying of entire pre-agreed quantity.
- Guiding parties to fix pre-agreed price and adjust for violent market movements.
- Providing Contract Farming Facilitation Group (CFFG) at village/panchayat level.
- Caters to a dispute settlement mechanism at the lowest level.