Transforming pig value chains in Vietnam: Stakeholder consultation

workshop on site selection

Lucy Lapar

Hanoi, Vietnam, 22 March 2013

Why pigs in Vietnam? 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;

Changing nature of pork demand, e.g., emerging food safety, quality concerns need to be assessed and properly understood

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

Smallholder competitiveness (vis-à-vis other suppliers, e.g., large farms, imports) remains a development policy challenge (rising feed prices, animal disease risks)

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

Building on previous ILRI work with various partners.

Site selection objective

1. To choose the priority research site/s for each value chain gradient

Site selection process

1. Geographical targeting to identify potential regions/provinces using GIS maps; generate long list

• Pig density• Poverty (% human population living on $1.25/day)• Market access (travel time as proxy)

2. Stakeholder consultation to define soft-criteria; generate short list

3. Ground-truthing + data collection for final selection of sites at sub-province

Pig densities: number of pigs (head/km2)

Brown: all areas with more than 25 pigs/km2

Poverty: number of people living on less than 1.25$/day

Dark blue: all areas with more than 300 people/km2 living on less than 1.25$/day

Market access: travel time to cities with > 50,000 persons

Red: all areas with travel time of less than three hours

Characterisation of sites using the 3 criteria with the ‘cookie cutter’ methodology results in several clusters.

Travel time

Poor people

Pig density - -

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The cookie cutter

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Resulting clusters

Purple: High pig density, high poverty, poor access

Poverty: >300 people/km2Travel time: <three hours

Red: High pig density, high poverty, good access

Value chain gradients

• Rural to Rural (R2R)• Rural to Urban (R2U)• Urban to Urban (U2U)

R2R and R2U

• AREA of province under R2R and R2U greater than 75% quartile and PROPORTION of province R2R and R2U combined greater than or equal to 25%

• Scores applied to each province• Long list from which to select province/s for R2R

and R2U districts

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U2U

• AREA of province under R2U (indicative) greater than 75% quartile and PROPORTION of province R2U greater than 40%

• Scores applied to each province• Long list from which to select province/s for U2U

district

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ProvincesSelected

Orange: Provinces listed underR2R/ R2U

Hatched: Provinces listed underU2U

Orange and Hatched: Provinces listed under both R2R/R2U and U2U

Group work

• Identify set of soft criteria, prioritize, and apply for choosing 2-3 provinces in R2R and R2U list and 1-2 provinces in U2U list

• 45 minutes group work, 10 minutes reporting back in plenary

Initial criteria

• Government priorities• Potential for building synergies with other

projects• Dynamism• Variation across systems (production, markets)• Presence of institutional partners

Results

Criteria by groupsGroup 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 (not

prioritized)

1. Geographical representation

1. Province level

1. Target Beneficiaries Include some areas of low density but high poverty

2. Dynamism (potential for change)

2. Collaboration with pig-stakeholder (producer)

2. Capacity to scale up (political engagement)

Presence of Variation of density/poverty within province

3. Cultural/ethnic differences

3. Dynamics

Commitment of local government to apply priorities + resources

4. Institutional partners synergy building)

4. Synergies

Co-located with development projects

List of priority criteria proposed

Proposed priority provinces (in descending order) for each value chain gradient

Value Chain GradientsProposed for Rural to Rural & Rural to Urban (provinces)

Proposed for Urban to Urban (provinces)

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