Vietnam Smallholder Pigs Value Chain Component Situation Report

2012Lucy Lapar

Livestock and Fish Value Chain Component Planning Meeting, Nairobi Kenya, 6-7

December 2012

Overview of smallholder pig value chain in VN Pork is a significant component of the Vietnamese diet, per

capita pork consumption is likely to remain on the uptrend with rising incomes.

Strong demand for fresh pork that smallholders can supply through most preferred outlets by consumers.

Dominance of smallholders in pig production, importance in employment generation, significant contribution to HH income

Projections show that even with no growth from smallholders, large farms will likely account for only 12% of the VN pork market share

Smallholder pig systems can generate efficiency gains from low-cost locally-sourced feeding options

Enabling policy environment, willingness of policymakers, development partners, and stakeholders to engage in R4D initiatives

Dominance of pork in livestock total output

Year Pig Chicken Cattle Others Total

1990 65 11 14 10 100

2000 68 14 9 9 100

2005 72 12 8 8 100

2009 62 13 11 14 100

Household pig production supply at least 80% of Vietnam’s pork. But growth in supply has failed to keep pace with rising demand, resulting in accelerated increase in real pork prices.

Source of data: FAOSTAT 2009.

Supply of pork in Vietnam

Most Vietnamese pigholding households keep very few pigs but on average the size of their herds is slowly rising. Although not shown, the percentage of pigholding households with 21 pigs or more rose from 0.3% in 2001 to 1.75% in 2006. 

Projected share of pork supply from large-scale producers

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High income growth

High tech growth in modern sector

No tech growth in traditional

No tech growth in maize

High income elasticity of modern

High income elast and tech growth in modern

Worst case for traditional sector

Current Issues Smallholder competitiveness (vis-à-vis other

suppliers, e.g., large farms, imports) remains a development policy challenge

rising feed prices

Volatile domestic pork prices

animal disease risks (production and markets)

Emerging quality and food safety concerns

Environmental issues

R4D efforts to date Animal health and food safety

1. ACIAR: Reducing health risk in smallholder pig systems (2012-2017)

Builds on previous project (Improving competitiveness of pig producers in an adjusting Vietnam market)

Phase 2 proposal under review; target start 3rd Q 2012

2. EcoZD: identify priority zoonoses in South Vietnam; evaluate risk factors

R4D efforts to date Feeds

1. IFAD-CIAT: Improving forage-based feeding systems (ongoing in CLV)

Vietnam component to include assessment of feeding options in smallholder pig systems

Genetics

1. GEF-Asia: Conservation through utilization of animal genetic resources (ongoing)

Vietnam component on pigs and poultry, market surveys?

R4D efforts to date Development initiatives

1. WB – Livestock competitiveness and food safety project (LIFSAP)

Potential partner for testing of interventions (GAP, improved slaughterhouse and market infra, training)

2. CIDA – Pig commodity chain quality assurance system

Focus: Testing interventions in medium-large pig farms and slaughterhouses, e.g., GAP; South Vietnam

Willing to share lessons on best practices

3. Heifer Project International in Vietnam – provincial level development projects, pigs starting in 2013

Strategic partners Development initiatives and policy advocacy

1. WB, MARD (DLP, DAH), provincial DARDs

2. CIDA and VN partners

3. FAO

3. Private sector – AsVELIS

4. NGO – Oxfam, IDE, Heifer (Vietnam)

Research

1. HUA, HSPH

2. MARD and associated research institutes (NIAS, NIVR, IPSARD)

3. ACIAR and links with other ACIAR-funded projects

Impact pathway and outcomes

Pathway: works with research and development partners and value chain actors to identify opportunities, test and validate best-bet options and strategies, and disseminate lessons for scaling up and policy advocacy for pro-poor upgrading of the value chain.

Outcome: increased marketable surplus (30%) from household pig production and sustained, viable participation by smallholders in pig production in the project sites (10%)

Proposed Intermediate Outcomes

Priority VC constraints resolved and/or relaxed

Increase in farm level productivity (30%)

Evidence and mechanism for scaling out are in place.

Proposed Priority Outcomes & Outputs2012 2013 2014

Outcomes CRP3.7, local and international partners have established an R&D alliance to transform target VC in each country

1. Partners have capacity to use basic set of tools for VC assessment2. Stakeholders in each country are increasingly aware of potential, constraints and initial options for pro-poor development of target VC

Evidence base in each target VC for best-bet pro-poor VC development interventions is influencing development investment decisions

Proposed Priority Outcomes & Outputs2012 2013 2014

Outcomes R&D alliance 1. capacity to use tools 2. Stakeholders aware

Evidence base influencing decisions

Research Outputs

1. Scoping study to develop an inventory of feed technology options and identify stakeholders and potential partners.

2. Rapid assessment of target VC to inform design of in-depth assessment of animal health constraints, and to identify preliminary priority constraints and best-bet upgrading strategies to test.

3. Selected best-best options on feeds, animal health (biosecurity, diagnostics) and possibly breed, identified and piloting initiated in selected sites (e.g. with LIFSAP)

1. Inventory and evidence base (literature review) for key constraints and proposed solutions compiled

2. Quantitative assessment of VC performance

3. Technical and economic assessments of key VC components to target for upgrading (e.g. farm-level: husbandry, feeds, breeds, health, environmental issues; market-level: institutional environment, food safety, demand characteristics; overall: policies, organizational strategies)

1. Best-bet intervention strategy formulated and tested, ready for scaling up and out.

Proposed Priority Outcomes & Outputs2012 2013 2014

Outcomes R&D alliance 1. capacity to use tools 2. Stakeholders aware

Evidence base influencing decisions

Research Outputs 4. Basic toolkit for VC assessment

compiled for testing (with CRP 2)

5. Analytical framework for assessing VC performance established (with CRP 2)

4. Pig feed ration decision support tool – to inform feeding options under a range of feed types, nutrient value, and feed prices (build on CIP-LifSim model?)

Current Activities & Resources/Potential Linkages

ACIAR Improving competitiveness of pig producers in an adjusting Vietnam market (recently completed, ongoing engagement with national partners on policy advocacy, outreach); completed

Supporting small-scale pig production in Vietnam through reducing risks, enhancing productivity, and upgrading value chains (with CRP 4.3); 2012-2017

Integrated risk and economic assessment for food safety and nutrition (with CRP 4.3)(Vietnam is one of three sites); June 2013

GEF-Asia (Vietnam)

Development and application of decision support tools to conserve and sustainably use genetic diversity in indigenous livestock and wild relatives (pigs)

CIAT Improved forage-based feeding systems in Vietnam (+Cambodia, Laos)

WB-MARD Livestock Competitiveness and Food Safety Project (development partner)

USAID ARCC Mekong Climate Change Impact Assessments

CRPs Humid Tropics (Mekong Region)

Identified Priority Gaps for Resource Mobilization

VC assessment of productivity constraints from animal diseases, prioritization.

ACIAR risk assessment and food safety (late 2012 – early 2013)

Inventory of feeding options and assessment to identify best-bet options for testing and validation, both in terms of technical parameters and economic viability.

CIAT-IFAD forage-based feeding systems, started in 2012; integration in Vietnam team’s work plan; more activities in 1st Q 2013

Assessment of innovation capacity at farm level (farmers, development partners on technology adoption) and along the value chain (best practices, institutions).

Assessment of VC performance (ex ante and ex post) of identified interventions.

2012 Priorities for Organisational, Capacity Development and

Communication Activities Restructure team to match CRP needs at the target VC (economist

time + some vet- epi time from CRP 4.3 + some feeds specialist time).

Identify gaps for priority recruitment and/or shared appointments (local research support, pig nutrition) and partnership.

Communications specialist (AYAD volunteer) in place to support communication activities

Research officer position being sought from funding through AVID

Identify strategy and mechanisms for working links internally with other CRP3.7 components, and externally with CRP2 and CRP 4.3.

2012 Activities

Inception workshop Pig Risk Project (August)

Rapid value chain assessments prep work

Stakeholder engagement

RVCA and RIA tools for rapid assessment – development and testing

Research on breeds and reproductive performance

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