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.
The cookie cutter
Travel time - -
Poor people - -
Pig density - -

Resulting Purple: High pig density,
high poverty, poor access
clusters
Poverty: >300 people/km2
Travel 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

Bac Giang
Ca Mau
Dak Lak
Hoa Binh
Kien Giang
Lam Dong
Lang Son
Lao Cai
Long An
Nghe An
Son La
Thanh Hoa

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

Bac Giang
Dong Nai
Ha Tinh
Hoa Binh
Lang Son
Long An
Thai Nguyen
Thanh Hoa

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

List of priority criteria proposed
Criteria by groups
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 (not
prioritized)
1. Geographical 1. Province level 1. Target Beneficiaries Include some areas of
representation low density but high
poverty
2. Dynamism 2. Collaboration with 2. Capacity to scale up Presence of Variation
(potential for change) pig-stakeholder (political engagement) of density/poverty
(producer) within province
3. Cultural/ethnic 3. Dynamics Commitment of local
differences government to apply
priorities + resources
4. Institutional 4. Synergies Co-located with
partners synergy development projects
building)

Proposed priority provinces (in descending
order) for each value chain gradient
Value Chain Gradients
Proposed for Rural to Rural & Rural to Proposed for Urban to Urban (provinces)
Urban (provinces)
Dac Lak Thanh Hoá
Son La Hoa Binh
Thanh Hoa Tien Giang
Nghe An Dong Nai
Hoa Binh Long An
Ca Mau
Kien Giang

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