Pork represents more than 70% of meat consumption in Vietnam, and pig production
provides livelihood for more than 4 million small farmers in the country. Understanding
pork consumption behaviour is thus important for upgrading the pig value chains
in Vietnam. The study is conducted with 416 hous...
Nga Nguyen Thi Duong
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Nguyen Thi Thu Huyen
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Pham Van Hung
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Duong Nam Ha
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Tran Van Long
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Dang Thi Be
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Unger, Fred
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Lapar, Ma. Lucila
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[Household pork consumption behaviour in Vietnam: Implications for pro-smallholder pig value chain upgrading]
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Household pork consumption behaviour in Vietnam: Implications for pro-smallholder pig value chain upgrading
In Vietnam, there are about four million households producing pigs of which more than half are producing at small scale, i.e., about one to two pigs per production cycle. One of the most critical constraints to pig production, especially for small scale, is the presence of animal disease. Many ty...
Nguyen Thi Thu Huyen
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Lapar, Ma. Lucila
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Ninh Xuan Trung
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Pham Thi Toan
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[Factors contributing to animal health risks: Implication for smallholder pig production in Vietnam]
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Factors contributing to animal health risks: Implication for smallholder pig production in Vietnam
This paper investigates the adoption of VietGAHP, a set of guidelines for best practices
in pig production, and evaluates impacts using quantitative and qualitative indicators. It tackles
the following specific research questions: 1) What is the extent of adoption of VietGAHP
among smallholder pi...
Lapar, Ma. Lucila
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Nguyen Thi Duong Nga
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Nguyen Thi Thinh
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Nguyen Thi Thu Huyen
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Unger, Fred
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Grace, Delia
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[Adoption and impact of gaps in pig value chains: Implications for institutional policy and practice change]
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Adoption and impact of gaps in pig value chains: Implications for institutional policy and practice change
This paper aims to present concerns of pork consumers recently from food safety point of view and investigate approaches that assist pig farmers to meet the requirement of safe pork product of consumers. Based on data from the survey in 2013 and 2014 conducted by ILRI and VNUA, various solutions ...
Nguyen Thi Thu Huyen
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Pham Van Hung
,
Ninh Xuan Trung
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[Pig production in Vietnam: How to meet emerging demand for food safety]
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Pig production in Vietnam: How to meet emerging demand for food safety