TAILIEUCHUNG - Cooperation programs and agricultural rural developmen:" Technical and economic feasibility of applying the Better Management Practices (BMP) to household aquaculture in Vietnam - MS 11 "

HHouseholds coastal aquaculture, ranging in area from ha to 3 ha, producing 90% of farmed shrimp production in Vietnam, worth $ 1 billion in 2004. the viability and environmental sustainability of farm economy in this area is threatened poor agricultural practices led to outbreaks of diseases, environmental degradation, plant contaminated with chemicals and antibiotics and reduced output. Pilot-scale Better management practices (BMP), and has been applied to large commercial aquaculture venture in Vietnam, with the result of improved productivity and quality, environmental sustainability and reduce the risk of the disease | Ministry of Agriculture Rural Development Australian Government AusAID COLLABORATION FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT CARD 002 05 VIE project Technical and economic feasibility of applying the Better Management Practices BMP to household aquaculture in Vietnam MS 11 Project completion report The Research Institute for Aquaculture No 1 RIA1 Tu Son Bac Ninh The University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Hwy NEDLANDS WA 6907 Bac Ninh Mar. 2009 Table of Contents 1. Institute Information 3 2. Project Abstract 4 3. Executive Summary 4 4. Introduction Background 5 5. Progress to Date 8 Implementation Highlights 8 Smallholder benefits 9 Capacity Building 10 Publicity 10 Project Management 11 6. Report on Cross-Cutting Issues 11 Environment 11 Gender and Social Issues 11 7. Implementation Sustainability Issues 11 Issues and Constraints 11 Options 12 Sustainability 12 8. Next Critical Steps 12 9. Conclusion 12 10. Statutory Declaration 13 2 1. Institute Information Project Name Technical and economic feasibility of applying the Better Management Practices BMP to household aquaculture in Vietnam Vietnamese Institution Research Institute for Aquaculture Vietnamese Project Team Leader Dr. Le Xan Australian Organisation The University of Western Australia UWA Australian Personnel Dr. Steven Schilizzi Date commenced January 2006 Completion date original December 2007 Date commenced revised August 2006 Completion date revised December 2008 Reporting period Project completion Contact Officer s In Australia Team Leader Name Dr. Steven Schilizzi Telephone 61 8 6488 2105 Position Senior lecturer Fax 61 8 6488 1098 Organisation The University of Western Australia UWA Email schilizz@ or In Australia Administrative contact Name Position Organisation Telephone Fax Email In Vietnam Name Dr. Le Xan Telephone or Position Vice Director Fax Organisation Research .

• Báo cáo khoa học
• food fisheries
• aquaculture
• aquaculture projects
• agriculture
• fishery economics
• household economics
• World’s aquatic genetic resources
• Aquatic genetic resources for food
• Aquatic genetic resources for agriculture
• Global trends in fisheries and aquaculture
• Marine fisheries
• fishing
• shrimp farming techniques
• food
• fisheries
• aquaculture economics
• aquaculture research
• Policy Choices
• Role of Science
• Shifting Baselines
• Regime Shifts
• Fisheries Management
• Ecosystem Interactions
• Trophic Interactions
• Development of fish descaling machine
• Fish descaling machine
• Post harvest processing of fish
• Fish food forms
• agricultural economics
• aquatic animals
• fisheries Vietnam
• project schedule
• aquaculture techniques
• Principles of economics
• Supply applications
• Household behavior
• Consumer choice
• Antitrust policy
• Monopolistic competition
• Income distribution
• Economics and business
• Impacts of infrastructure development
• Kon Tum of Vietnam
• Community based infrastructure
• Development projects Vietnam
• BMC Cancer
• Cost of illness
• Labor force
• Premature Mortality
• Health care economics
• Household activities
• Journal of Vietnam Agricultural Science and Technology
• Tạp chí Khoa học Công nghệ Nông nghiệp Việt Nam
• Family farming policy
• Agricultural policy
• Vietnamese agriculture reforms