Human rights criteria for making contract farming and other business models inclusive of small-scale farmers 2011, para. 36
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Collective ownership models can give small-scale farmers more autonomy over their land and production than traditional contract farming arrangements and can also cut out middlemen that might take a large percentage of earnings. Collective farming can also empower women farmers, strengthen their claims to land and protect their right to work.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right to food
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Gender
Person(s) affected
Women
Year
2011
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Food, Report to the UNGA (2011), A/66/262, para. 36.