SCOPE OF STUDY Impact Evaluation (E) a concept from the World Bank 2013) was combined with qualitative method as examined in this study. IE is an approach of BEFORE and AFTER analysis and compares the performance of the project by comparing outcomes and beneficiaries both before and after a project has been implemented. While the qualitative method gains in-depth knowledge of impacts for understanding the issues. Positive impacts: the aim is to examine the impacts of contract farming on rural farm households, focusing mainly on positive aspects that occurred before and after the households participated in sugar cane contract farming. Negative impacts the aim is to examine the impacts of contract farming on rural farm households, focusing mainly on the negative aspects that occurred before and after the household participated in sugar cane contract farming