{"id":9237,"date":"2022-07-27T06:56:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T06:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depocen.org\/publications\/market-access-for-small-scale-farmers-in-the-global-value-chains-thecase-of-pangasius-farmers-in-the-mekong-river-delta-vietnam\/"},"modified":"2022-07-27T06:56:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T06:56:37","slug":"market-access-for-small-scale-farmers-in-the-global-value-chains-thecase-of-pangasius-farmers-in-the-mekong-river-delta-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"publications","link":"https:\/\/depocen.org\/en\/publications\/market-access-for-small-scale-farmers-in-the-global-value-chains-thecase-of-pangasius-farmers-in-the-mekong-river-delta-vietnam\/","title":{"rendered":"Market access for small-scale farmers in the Global Value chains&#8211; The\r\ncase of Pangasius farmers in the MeKong River Delta, Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aqua-cultured fish is one of the dominant export products in Vietnam. The development of this<br \/>\nsector is a major source of foreign currency and employment. The success of the sector encourages<br \/>\nboth local and foreign investment. In Vietnam, the Mekong River Delta (MRD) is the main<br \/>\nproducer being responsible for over 80% of the total Vietnamese production (Vietnam Association<br \/>\nof Fish Exporters and Producers -VASEP, 2004). The freshwater Pangasius is the most commonly<br \/>\ncultured edible fish species in this region. Pangasius farming in the Mekong Delta expanded<br \/>\ndramatically: from 154,000 tonnes in 2002 to 1.2 million tonnes in 2007. This explosive growth<br \/>\nraises various sustainability issues. Margin became low or negative as cost of input increased and<br \/>\nmarket prices decreased. The Vietnamese government has planned the Pangasius farming area of<br \/>\n8,600 hectares with 1.25 million tons of live fish in 2010 and 13,000 hectares with 1.85 million<br \/>\ntonnes in 2020.<br \/>\nIncreased export market access for high quality food products is an important avenue for<br \/>\ndiversification of Vietnam\u2019s agricultural sector. It is also essential for sustainable rural economic<br \/>\ngrowth and a reduction of poverty (World Bank, 2006 and 2008). This is especially true for the<br \/>\nsectors with high degrees of smallholder involvement. Smallholder farmers in developing countries<br \/>\nand in particular in Vietnam face a number of technical and managerial constraints that limit their<br \/>\nparticipation in an export-oriented supply chain (Narayanan and Gulati. 2002; Torero and Gulati.<br \/>\n2004; Van der Meer. 2006; Khoi et al. 2008). The international markets demand that exporters of<br \/>\nfishery products assure hygiene and safety for consumers. The need for more stringent quality<br \/>\nassurance resulted in a shift towards company-owned farms and vertical coordination. However,<br \/>\nthe involvement of small-holder may be an important policy instrument for poverty reduction as<br \/>\nfish production in Vietnam is relatively widespread among smallholders and many of them cater<br \/>\nfor export markets (Loc, 2006; Sinh and Phuong., 2006). Therefore, the objective of this research is<br \/>\nto design an effective export-oriented Pangasius supply chain based on small-scale farming<br \/>\nsystems. Put differently, this research explores how small-scale farmers can benefit from the<br \/>\nemerging opportunities in the Vietnamese fish industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","cate_publications":[],"author_publications":[1900,1901],"topic_publications":[],"class_list":["post-9237","publications","type-publications","status-publish","hentry","author_publications-le-nguyen-doan-khoi","author_publications-le-nguyen-doan-khoi-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depocen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publications\/9237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depocen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publications"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depocen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/publications"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depocen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cate_publications","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depocen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cate_publications?post=9237"},{"taxonomy":"author_publications","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depocen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_publications?post=9237"},{"taxonomy":"topic_publications","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depocen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic_publications?post=9237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}