UNCTADWorld Bank2018-03-152018-03-152018-03https://hdl.handle.net/10986/29466This note provides guidance on the design and implementation of outgrower schemes to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes for investors and smallholders. Outgrower schemes have gained prominence as a business model that can benefit both smallholders and investors. Such schemes can improve smallholders’ access to markets, finance, infrastructure, and improved growing techniques; can enhance investors’ access to land, labor, and quality produce; and can improve investor-community relations. Associated risks include overdependency, exploitation of power differences, entrenchment of inequalities, lower-than-expected production, and side-selling. Achieving the potential benefits and minimizing the associated risks requires careful design and implementation.CC BY 3.0 IGORESPONSIBLE AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENTSUSTAINABILITYSUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENTBUSINESS MODELSMALLHOLDERSSTAKEHOLDER CONSULTATIONLAND USEMARGINALIZED GROUPSWOMENBriefWorld Bank10.1596/29466