Agribusiness Venture Arrangements (AVAs) in Agrarian Reform Areas: A Policy Paper

Agribusiness Venture Agreements (AVA) were meant to assist in transitioning agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) from producers to farmer-entrepreneurs. However, widespread abuses by partner business entities, as well as lapses in implementation and monitoring by government agencies, have resulted to ARBs falling into debt and even losing their lands.

This publication revisits the status of AVA implementation and provides recommendations on how the program may be improved to benefit the farmers it meant to serve.

Founded in 1979, ANGOC is a regional association of national and regional networks of civil society organizations (CSOs) in Asia, actively engaged in food security, agrarian reform, sustainable agriculture, participatory governance, and rural development.