First, the rights of the contract farmers should be at the
core of every action and position on this issue. This is a
major challenge because contract farmers are usually not
organised within larger federations. They are neither ordinary
contractual workers affiliated to trade unions, nor independent
producers gathered in farmers’ organisations.
As an NGO worker put it, in terms of organising, “they are
like dogs without a name on the collar”. Many contract
farmers seem to be willing to raise their concerns collectively,
but the only place where they meet is at gatherings
held by the company itself.