TAILIEUCHUNG - Global value chains and market access of small scale farmers in the Mekong river delta

Aqua-cultured fish is one of the dominant export products in Vietnam. The development of this sector is a major source of foreign currency and employment. The success of the sector encourages both local and foreign investment. | JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, Hue University, Vol. 70, No 1 (2012) pp. 99-110 GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS AND MARKET ACCESS OF SMALL-SCALE FARMERS IN THE MEKONG RIVER DELTA Le Nguyen Doan Khoi School of Economics and Business Administration, Can Tho University Abstract. Aqua-cultured fish is one of the dominant export products in Vietnam. The development of this sector is a major source of foreign currency and employment. The success of the sector encourages both local and foreign investment. In Vietnam, the Mekong River Delta (MRD) is the main producer being responsible for over 80% of the total Vietnamese production (Vietnam Association of Fish Exporters and Producers -VASEP, 2004). The freshwater Pangasius is the most commonly cultured edible fish species in this region. Pangasius farming in the Mekong Delta expanded dramatically: from 154,000 tonnes in 2002 to million tonnes in 2007. This explosive growth raises various sustainability issues. Margin became low or negative as cost of input increased and market prices decreased. The Vietnamese government has planned the Pangasius farming area of 8,600 hectares with million tons of live fish in 2010 and 13,000 hectares with million tonnes in 2020. Increased export market access for high quality food products is an important avenue for diversification of Vietnam’s agricultural sector. It is also essential for sustainable rural economic growth and a reduction of poverty (World Bank, 2006 and 2008). This is especially true for the sectors with high degrees of smallholder involvement. Smallholder farmers in developing countries and in particular in Vietnam face a number of technical and managerial constraints that limit their participation in an export-oriented supply chain (Narayanan and Gulati. 2002; Torero and Gulati. 2004; Van der Meer. 2006; Khoi et al. 2008). The international markets demand that exporters of fishery products assure hygiene and safety for consumers. The need for more stringent quality assurance .

• Xã hội học
• Global value chains
• Market access
• The Mekong river delta
• Vietnam’s agricultural sector
• Sustainable rural economic growth
• Small scale farmers
• Quality management
• Market access
• Environmental impacts on small and medium enterprises effectiveness
• Small and medium enterprises effectiveness
• The case of fisheries sector in Vietnam
• Increasing global competitiveness
• Worldwide value chains
• Small and medium sized businesses
• Thereby explaining
• Socio economic development
• Vietnamese enterprises
• Value chain
• Policy planning
• Higher innovation capacities
• Domestic firms
• Technological Capability Building
• Recognizing the role of FDI
• The requirement of institutional reform in Vietnam
• The global production system
• Participate in global production value chains
• Rncourage foreign investors consider domestic production
• World Trade Organization
• international organization
• WTO agreements
• negotiated and signed
• goods and services
• exporters and importers
• Developing Economies (IDE)
• Modelling
• Virtual Crack Closure
• Technique and Finite
• Predicting the Delamination
• Growth Initiation
• Composite Structures
• Student support
• Access to labor market
• Accessing labor market in industry 4 0
• Assist students in accessing labor market
• Traditional agriculture
• Ven village’s green tea
• Market accessibility
• Agricultural products
• Qualitative methodology
• Market information access
• Currency Trading
• How to Access
• Philip Gotthelf
• trade the Worlds Biggest Market
• Technological diffusion
• Access to electricity on employment
• Technological progress
• Labour market
• Influence of technology on employment
• Market Financial
• Financial Risks
• Private Sector
• Banking Systems
• Information and communication technology
• Small land holder farmers
• Agricultural market information
• Market access etc
• Knowledge empowerment of the farmers
• Access to credit
• Developing countries
• Rural credit market
• Ensuring food supply
• Increasing national income
• Borrowing amounts
• Genetic Mechanisms
• Physiological
• Underpinning Tolerances
• Alkaline and Saline
• Constraints of Broad
• Acre Cropping
• Economic Efficiency
• Efficiency and Development
• Barriers
• Costs and Concerns
• Conclusions
• References And Resources
• Startup ecosystem
• Key elements
• Startup ecosystem development
• Government policy
• Legal framework
• Human resources
• Crop production
• Perspective strategies
• Vegetable and flower production
• Flower production
• Access market for all vegetable