Involvement of different stakeholders in supporting the small producers to serve consumer needs in Vietnam and Cambodia.

Hai Duong Province, Vietnam.

Farmers; farmers organization (in both Vietnam and Cambodia)

Private feed manufacturing company (in Vietnam)

Slaughterhouse; traders (both countries); supermarkets (Vietnam)

Provincial / district  animal health services (both countries); DOST (Vietnam); Dept. of Human Health (Vietnam)

University and NGOs (both countries)

Action research

(a) assessment of market demand

(b) participatory stakeholder workshops

(c) pilot activities

(d) capacity building

(e)dissemination and recommendations

Increased competition in the pig/pork sector, small vs large scale, local vs. imports

Increased demand for quality meat in cities (market surveys – component 1) e.g. lean pig meat

Risk of exclusion of small-scale farmers from pig/pork market

High production cost, small production volume (number of head per producer)

Difficulties in changing quality of output, high fat, low safety.

Cambodia – FFS, farmers groups (but farmers lack time to join FFS).
No work on pork safety in Cambodia, nor on cross-breed/exotic.

Vietnam – farmers co-ops (7), devt of exotic breeds