Legal Recognition of Contract Farming Agreements

TLDR

• Speaking in Dodoma while educating stakeholders on the Contract Farming Regulations published in the Government Gazette on June 30 this year, COPRA Agriculture Officer and Contract Farming Coordinator Ms Rehema Msauge.
• The Tanzania Cereals and Other Produce Regulatory Authority (COPRA) said all contract farming agreements must now be registered under newly operational regulations to ensure legal protection for both farmers and buyers.
• DODOMA: FARMERS and produce traders have been urged to embrace formal contract farming as the government moves to protect producers from exploitation, strengthen market access and eliminate losses associated with.
• She said the regulations are designed to protect farmers by ensuring all agreements are legally recognised, properly documented and supervised by the authority.
• Every contract must be in writing and legally recognised so that the authority can enforce it and protect both parties from unnecessary losses and disputes,” she said.