Tarbiat Modares University Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology 1680-7073 28 2 2026 03 01 Determining the Attitudes of Farmers Engaged in Livestock Production towards the Contracted Production Model: An Analysis of Risks, Expectations, and Sustainability 269 283 16872 EN Adem Aksoy Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Türkiye. 0000-0002-6550-335X Ferda Nur Özdemir Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Türkiye. Ümit Avcioğlu Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Türkiye. Journal Article 1970 01 01 <span>The transition of small-scale farmers from traditional production methods to Contract Farming (CF) enhances the potential for increased profits. By offering higher profits to producers, contract farming encourages greater product diversity and provides the opportunity to grow more valuable products. The primary objective of this study was to identify what kind of contract farming model producers are likely to adopt for their continued production. The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used as a methodology in the study. In the region, 70% of the producers utilized female animals for fattening purposes. It was found that 73.2% of producers lacked knowledge about contract farming. Livestock operators in production contracts prioritized price guarantees (26.4%), followed by cash prices (24.8%), livestock supply (21.2%), input support (12.5%), advance payments (10.3%), and organized production (4.8%). If contract farming is to be implemented in the region, policymakers should prioritize price guarantees in the model, ensuring that these guarantees are not set below the market price.</span> https://jast.modares.ac.ir/article_16872_b5bca31df27b12cf9866fed9492a93ba.pdf