Under contract farming, a farmer

rents out all of his land to the government for a yearCorrect answerYour answeragrees before sowing to sell to a buyer at a set priceCorrect answerYour answerworks as a labourer on another's farmCorrect answerYour answersells only in the nearest weekly marketCorrect answerYour answer

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Correct answer: B

Food-processing and fast-food firms contract with farmers for a crop of a given quality at a fixed price, which cuts the farmer's price risk.

Concept: Contract farming
Typical timeTypical: 70 s
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Under contract farming, a farmer

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