Performance and livestock producers’ integration into cattle and pig farmer groups in NWH Vietnam

Farmer groups in Vietnam have undergone considerable transformations following the enforcement of the 2012 Law on Cooperatives. Under the new regulations, the old cooperative model became obsolete, which led to the disintegration or stop operation of numerous organisations. This gave way to a develo...

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Autores principales: Bravo, Aura, Thinh Nguyen, Phuong Nguyen, Triana Ángel, Natalia, Tran The Cuong, Pham-Van Hung, Nga Nguyen, Huyen Nguyen, Marshall, Karen, Burkart, Stefan
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Center for Tropical Agriculture 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131930
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author Bravo, Aura
Thinh Nguyen
Phuong Nguyen
Triana Ángel, Natalia
Tran The Cuong
Pham-Van Hung
Nga Nguyen
Huyen Nguyen
Marshall, Karen
Burkart, Stefan
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Burkart, Stefan
Huyen Nguyen
Marshall, Karen
Nga Nguyen
Pham-Van Hung
Phuong Nguyen
Thinh Nguyen
Tran The Cuong
Triana Ángel, Natalia
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Thinh Nguyen
Phuong Nguyen
Triana Ángel, Natalia
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Pham-Van Hung
Nga Nguyen
Huyen Nguyen
Marshall, Karen
Burkart, Stefan
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description Farmer groups in Vietnam have undergone considerable transformations following the enforcement of the 2012 Law on Cooperatives. Under the new regulations, the old cooperative model became obsolete, which led to the disintegration or stop operation of numerous organisations. This gave way to a developing process of new forms of association in agricultural production, a field open to exploration. Within an evolving economy with greater exposure to international markets, adopting a scheme based on collective voluntariness reveals a challenging path for agricultural production’s social organisation, even more so if the individual perspectives of stakeholders on the performance and convenience of these groups are considered. Previous interventions have promoted the creation of farmer groups in Vietnam’s Northwest Highlands (NWH) to foster associativity, facilitating connection to markets and economies of scale for services, technologies, and knowledge transfer to livestock farmers. This research thus provides an assessment of the functioning and capacities of farmer groups engaged in cattle and pig production. To this end, five components were defined based on tools commonly used for strengthening farmer groups: 1) democratic, inclusive, and participatory management, 2) service offer and capacity building, 3) economic and financial sustainability, 4) managerial and administrative capacity, and 4) market connections and trading capacity. This approach integrates the analysis of behavioural elements from members, non-members, men, women, and local authorities on the perceived trust and commitment to participate in existing forms of cooperation. Information was collected through focus groups discussion and key informant interviews. The findings are currently being analysed and will allow researchers to design interventions aimed at strengthening farmer groups. They will too serve as input for current efforts to develop innovative models to deliver and scale innovations towards sustainable livestock production, replicable in other regions.
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spelling CGSpace1319302025-11-05T18:11:37Z Performance and livestock producers’ integration into cattle and pig farmer groups in NWH Vietnam Bravo, Aura Thinh Nguyen Phuong Nguyen Triana Ángel, Natalia Tran The Cuong Pham-Van Hung Nga Nguyen Huyen Nguyen Marshall, Karen Burkart, Stefan livestock cattle swine Farmer groups in Vietnam have undergone considerable transformations following the enforcement of the 2012 Law on Cooperatives. Under the new regulations, the old cooperative model became obsolete, which led to the disintegration or stop operation of numerous organisations. This gave way to a developing process of new forms of association in agricultural production, a field open to exploration. Within an evolving economy with greater exposure to international markets, adopting a scheme based on collective voluntariness reveals a challenging path for agricultural production’s social organisation, even more so if the individual perspectives of stakeholders on the performance and convenience of these groups are considered. Previous interventions have promoted the creation of farmer groups in Vietnam’s Northwest Highlands (NWH) to foster associativity, facilitating connection to markets and economies of scale for services, technologies, and knowledge transfer to livestock farmers. This research thus provides an assessment of the functioning and capacities of farmer groups engaged in cattle and pig production. To this end, five components were defined based on tools commonly used for strengthening farmer groups: 1) democratic, inclusive, and participatory management, 2) service offer and capacity building, 3) economic and financial sustainability, 4) managerial and administrative capacity, and 4) market connections and trading capacity. This approach integrates the analysis of behavioural elements from members, non-members, men, women, and local authorities on the perceived trust and commitment to participate in existing forms of cooperation. Information was collected through focus groups discussion and key informant interviews. The findings are currently being analysed and will allow researchers to design interventions aimed at strengthening farmer groups. They will too serve as input for current efforts to develop innovative models to deliver and scale innovations towards sustainable livestock production, replicable in other regions. 2023-09-30 2023-09-21T17:20:19Z 2023-09-21T17:20:19Z Poster https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131930 en Open Access application/pdf International Center for Tropical Agriculture Bravo, A., Thinh Nguyen, Phuong Nguyen, Triana-Ángel, N., Tran The Cuong, Pham-Van Hung, Nga Nguyen, Huyen Nguyen, Marshall, K. and Burkart, S. 2023. Performance and livestock producers’ integration into cattle and pig farmer groups in NWH Vietnam. Poster presented at Tropentag 2023: Competing pathways for equitable food systems transformation: trade-offs and synergies, Berlin, 20-22 September 2023. Cali, Colombia: International Center for Tropical Agriculture.
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Bravo, Aura
Thinh Nguyen
Phuong Nguyen
Triana Ángel, Natalia
Tran The Cuong
Pham-Van Hung
Nga Nguyen
Huyen Nguyen
Marshall, Karen
Burkart, Stefan
Performance and livestock producers’ integration into cattle and pig farmer groups in NWH Vietnam
title Performance and livestock producers’ integration into cattle and pig farmer groups in NWH Vietnam
title_full Performance and livestock producers’ integration into cattle and pig farmer groups in NWH Vietnam
title_fullStr Performance and livestock producers’ integration into cattle and pig farmer groups in NWH Vietnam
title_full_unstemmed Performance and livestock producers’ integration into cattle and pig farmer groups in NWH Vietnam
title_short Performance and livestock producers’ integration into cattle and pig farmer groups in NWH Vietnam
title_sort performance and livestock producers integration into cattle and pig farmer groups in nwh vietnam
topic livestock
cattle
swine
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131930
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