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• Development of VietGAHP Pig Production in Cam Giang District, Hai Duong Province

  Nguyen Thi Duong Nga

  Date Received: 04-07-2017 / Date Accepted: 09-08-2017

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  Pig production applying Vietnam Good Animal Husbandry Practices (VietGAHP) is a way for improving competitiveness and sustainable development of pig sector in Vietnam. The study was designed to evaluate the current situation of pig smallholder farms and provide key recommendations for VietGAHP pig production in Cam Giang district, Hai Duong province. The data was collected through survey of 60 pig farmers and descriptive and comparative statistics were employed. Results showed that pig farmers basically met requirements on feed management, water quality, hygene, preservation and use of vaccine, waste management and environmental protection. The main benefits from VietGAHP pig production were reduction of pig diseases and improvement of farmer’s income, especially in the context of rising consumers’ concern about food safety. However, pig farmers also faced difficulties in applying VietGAHP due to the complicated criteria, as well as indifference between VietGAHP and conventional pork prices in market. Key recommendations for VietGAHP pig production were proposed accordingly.

• Factors Affecting Household Decision on VietGAHP Adoption inPig Production in Khoai ChauDistrict, Hung Yen Province

  Giang Huong, Pham Van Hung, Nguyen Thi Ly

  Date Received: 28-02-2023 / Date Accepted: 22-05-2023

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  Vietnamese Good Animal Husbandry Practices (VietGAHP) used in pig production of households are crucial trend in pig raising which increases production eficiency and competitiveness of farm households. However, production units including small farm households having VietGAHP certificates were in small number and research on the analysis of VietGAHP benefits of households was also limited. This research aimed to determine factors affecting household decision on VietGAHP adoption in pig production and effects of the VietGAHP on production outputs and efficiency. Data were gathered from 81 pig farm households in Khoai Chau district, Hung Yen province. Findings showed that four factors, including experiences of main labor involving in pig raising, training of main labor of housholds, total household income and the household access to veterinary services affected household decision on using VietGAHP. Of these, two main factors had a strong effect on the household decision including training of main labor of housholds (75.6%) and the household access to veterinary services (37.7%). For encouragement of using VietGAHP, technical training on VietGAHP and improvement of veterinary services are important in the future. In addition, a solution to help consumers to classify which pork is produced using VietGAHP should be considered.