Tea production between contract and none contract farmers in Phu Tho Province of Vietnam

Tea is one of key crops which substantially contributes to Vietnam’s annual exports, creates jobs and raises income for farmers. However, tea production farmers are still facing many difficulties such as low farm management, disease control, etc. Of which, tea consumption is considered to be the most challenge and the main reasons is the low cooperation between farmers and other stakeholders in the tea value chain. The objectives of this study is to find out the linkage and benefit of contract farmer and none contract farmers in the model of cooperation between farmers and tea processing company .