CONTRACT PRODUCTION
April 1st, 2002
BY ALAN OSBORNIN an interesting recent analysis of the problems facing livestock and other food producers in Europe, the European Union agriculture commissioner Franz Fischler suggested that one way forward could be through contract farming.Instead of producing in the traditional way for the open market, he said, producers might consider linking with retail groups or the meat processing industry and delivering precisely what was needed in terms of both quality and quantity. Contract farming, he said, led to higher quality and greater added value, which were ...
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