Presented by Lucy Lapar at the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish Planning meeting, Nairobi, 27-29 September 2011

1. Update on pig value chain
development in Vietnam
Lucy Lapar (ILRI)
CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish
Planning Meeting
ILRI Nairobi
27-29 September 2011

2. Why pigs in Vietnam?
 Pork is a significant component of the Vietnamese diet, er 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.

3. Impact pathway and outcomes
Pathway: works with research and development partners and value
chain actors to identify opportunities, test and validate best-bet
options and strategies, and disseminate lessons for scaling up
and policy advocacy for pro-poor upgrading of the value chain.
Outcome: increased marketable surplus (30%) from household pig
production and sustained, viable participation by smallholders in
pig production in the project sites (10%)

4. Proposed Intermediate Outcomes
 Priority VC constraints resolved and/or relaxed
 Increase in farm level productivity (30%)
 Evidence and mechanism for scaling out are in place.

5. Value Chain Outcomes: Inputs and Services
 Increased access by smallholders to good quality and cost-
effective inputs such as appropriate feeds and breeds.
 Improved access by smallholders to efficient and cost-effective
veterinary and extension services.
 Increased availability of cost-effective feeding options.
 More efficient markets for inputs and services in place.

6. Value Chain Outcomes: Production
 Improved productivity from adoption of good quality, cost-
effective feeding options.
 Increased survival, growth, and disease resistance of sows and
piglets.
 Enhanced production cost-efficiency from adoption of suitable pig
breeds.
 Reduced incidence of pig diseases (e.g., PRRS, classical swine
fever, diarrhea, cysticercosis, among others).
 Improved uptake by smallholders of appropriate pig husbandry
and animal health practices.

7. Value Chain Outcomes: Transport and Processing
 Reduced incidence of food-borne and water-borne diseases
associated with pork consumption.
 Increased public and private sector investment in upgrading of
slaughtering and marketing facilities.
 Better trained slaughterhouse operators, carcass transporters,
and other pork supply chain actors.

8. Value Chain Outcomes: Marketing
 Increased availability of safe and hygienic pork supplied by
smallholders or household producers.
 More efficient marketing system and arrangements in place and
accessible to smallholder pig producers.
 Increased share of pork retail price accruing to smallholder pig
producers.
 Higher proportion of women participation in pork supply chain,
and improved income opportunities for women from these
activities.

9. Proposed Priority Outcomes & Outputs
2012 2013 2014
Outcomes CRP3.7, local and 1. Partners have capacity to Evidence base in each
international partners have use basic set of tools for VC target VC for best-bet
established an R&D alliance toassessment pro-poor VC
transform target VC in each 2. Stakeholders in each development
country country are increasingly interventions is
aware of potential, influencing
constraints and initial development
options for pro-poor investment decisions
development of target VC

10. Proposed Priority Outcomes & Outputs
2012 2013 2014
Outcomes R&D alliance 1. capacity to use tools Evidence base
2. Stakeholders aware influencing decisions
Research 1. Scoping study to develop an 1. Inventory and evidence base 1. Best-bet intervention
Outputs inventory of feed technology (literature review) for key strategy formulated and
options and identify stakeholders constraints and proposed tested, ready for scaling
and potential partners. solutions compiled up and out.
2. Rapid assessment of target VC 2. Quantitative assessment of
to inform design of in-depth VC performance
assessment of animal health
constraints, and to identify 3. Technical and economic
preliminary priority constraints assessments of key VC
and best-bet upgrading strategies components to target for
to test. upgrading (e.g. farm-level:
husbandry, feeds, breeds,
3. Selected best-best options on health, environmental issues;
feeds (and possibly animal health market-level: institutional
(biosecurity, diagnostics) and environment, food safety,
breed) identified and piloting demand characteristics;
initiated in selected sites (e.g. overall: policies, organizational
with LIFSAP) strategies)

11. Proposed Priority Outcomes & Outputs
2012 2013 2014
Outcomes R&D alliance 1. capacity to use tools Evidence base
2. Stakeholders aware influencing decisions
Research
Outputs 4. Basic toolkit for VC assessment 4. Pig feed ration decision
compiled for testing (with CRP 2) support tool – to inform
feeding options under a range
5. Analytical framework for of feed types, nutrient value,
assessing VC performance and feed prices (build on CIP-
established (with CRP 2) LifSim model?)

12. Current Activities & Resources/Potential Linkages
ACIAR Improving competitiveness of pig producers in an adjusting Vietnam
market (recently completed, ongoing engagement with national partners
on policy advocacy, outreach)
Supporting small-scale pig production in Vietnam through reducing risks,
enhancing productivity, and upgrading value chains (with CRP 4.3, likely
2012)
GEF-Asia Development and application of decision support tools to conserve and
(Vietnam) sustainably use genetic diversity in indigenous livestock and wild relatives
(pigs)
CIAT Improved forage-based feeding systems in Vietnam (+Cambodia, Laos)
WB-MARD Livestock Competitiveness and Food Safety Project (development partner)

13. Identified Priority Gaps for Resource Mobilization
 VC assessment of productivity constraints from animal diseases,
prioritization.
 Inventory of feeding options and assessment to identify best-bet
options for testing and validation, both in terms of technical
parameters and economic viability.
 Assessment of innovation capacity at farm level (farmers,
development partners on technology adoption) and along the
value chain (best practices, institutions).
 Assessment of VC performance (ex ante and ex post) of identified
interventions.

14. 2012 Priorities for
Organisational, Capacity Development and
Communication Activities
 Restructure team to match CRP needs at the target VC (currently,
37% of economist time + possible access to minimal vet-epi time
from CRP 4.3).
 Identify gaps for priority recruitment and/or shared appointments
(local research support, pig nutrition) and partnership.
 Identify strategy and mechanisms for working links internally with
other CRP3.7 components, and externally with CRP2 and CRP 4.3.