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Linking Farmers to Markets in Vietnam- CIAT Asia
1. Enabling diversification to high-value crops inthe remote uplands of Vietnam:Lessons from the development of chayote productionand marketing in Tan Lac district
2. structure of the presentation Section 1: Some background information on the uplands of Tan Lac Section 2: Context behind CIAT’s intervention Section 3: Intervention strategy during the first marketing season Section 4: CIAT interventions during the first season Section 5: Outcomes and impacts during the first season Section 6: Intervention strategy during the second season Section 7: CIAT interventions during the second season Section 8: Outcomes and impacts during the second season Section 9: Cost-effectiveness, sustainability and scalability Section 10: Some final considerations
10. maize is a low-value crop (its dominance is explained by relatively low-input requirements and low production and marketing risks)maize cultivation in sloped lands is also associatedwith serious soil erosion problems…
20. but at the start of the harvesting season (April 08)farmers had no buyers for their chayote. was this about to become another failed, subsidy-driven pilot?
21. it was then that CIAT (through SADU project) decided to work with local stakeholders to addressmarket access problems
87. Mrs. Tam (a farmer and trader from Tam Dao) and her husband leased 3 ha within the same commercial farm for cultivation of chayote leaves and other vegetables
88. 5. policy and strategy dialogue with local authorities and collectors: scaling-up and diversification strategies
92. chayote chain 197 farmers 11% 25% 64% 49% 15% Phuong Huyen 9 collectors Long Bien night market, Hanoi Restaurants Retailers Restaurants Retailers Consumers Hoa Binh Province Consumers Red River Delta
93. income impacts: additional local net incomes in 2009(assuming no production pilot subsidy) Note: the data excludes the profits earned by Phuong Huyen, wages at the two commercial vegetable farms, and the additional income flowing to the Mai Chau trader and30 pilot growers in that district
96. how sustainable and scalable are these processes? skills and knowledge commercialinput distribution chains PROFIT marketing networks
97. but there is a danger that Moc Chau will become anew, major supplier… the market is growingbutremains thin risk of oversupply need for diversification beyondchayote leaves