Author: Phan Thi Phuong Huyen
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no.RD-05-07
Year: 2005
Academic Program: Regional and Rural Development Planning (RRDP)
Type: Thesis (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2005
Examination Committee: Soparth Pongquan (Chairperson); Roberto S. Clemente, Thammarat Koottatep (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: The research deals with the practice of small livestock raising of poor farmers in Dong Kinh commune. The main objectives of the research were to examine the practices of small livestock production among poor farmers to explore the adoption of extension techniques provided by the project to assess benefits and satisfaction of farmers on small livestock development to analyze factors associating with household’s livestock income after the practices of the small livestock development to identify problems and potentials in the practice of the small livestock development and to suggest recommendations to strengthen the promotion of small livestock development and implement more effective support for poor farmers in the future. The small livestock raising of poor farmers in this research were focused in three types consisting of fattening pig, sow and chicken. The research was conducted in Dong Kinh commune in Thai Binh province which is located in the Red River Delta in the North part of Vietnam. The research was primarily a quantitative with a survey design applying a standardized questionnaire for all trial farmers and some non-trial farmers for a comparison. The interviews were also conducted with key stakeholders. The study was largely focused on quantitative analysis but qualitative analysis was also applied. Main findings of this research showed that the practices of small livestock raising brought the great benefits and satisfactions in various bio-physical, economic and socio-institutional aspects to farmers. The main factors associating with the practices of small livestock raising were household size, quantity of current fattening pigs, amount of credit taken, degree of animal health worker visit, utilization of knowledge learnt from trial, utilization of knowledge learnt from farmer livestock school training after the trials, satisfaction on the service provided during the trial. The determinants of livestock income among the three groups of trial households were quite different. Several problems of t
Scholarship Donor(s): Government of Denmark, Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship
Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science
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