Author: Nguyen Thi Kieu Trang
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no.RD-04-07
Year: 2004
Academic Program: Regional and Rural Development Planning (RRDP)
Type: Thesis (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2004
Examination Committee: Soparth Pongquan (Chairperson); Chandhana Indhapanya, Ganesh P. Shivakoti (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: The research deals with operation of the contract farming in dairy cow raising in Phu Dong commune. The main objectives of the research were to assess the socio-economic conditions of farmers who practiced contract farming in cow dairy raising in Vietnam to study the operation of the contract farming in terms of type of contract and the contractual operation between farmers and the Cooperative to assess benefits and satisfaction of farmers on the operation of contract farming to analyze factors affecting to the operation of the contract farming among farmers and to identify problems, constraints and potentials of the contract farming in order to suggest recommendations for future improvement. The research was conducted in two villages in the rural area of Hanoi, Vietnam, namely Phu Duc 1 and Phu Dong 1 where had a different duration of the operation of contract farming. The research was a quantitative with a survey design applying a standardized questionnaire for those what were engaged in the contract farming with a total of 64 households. Group discussion and interview with stakeholders including staffs of the Cooperative, CPC, DPC members, VBARD, extension workers, non-adopters and other farmer’s group were also conducted. The study was primarily focused on quantitative analysis but qualitative analysis was also applied. Main findings of this research showed the contractual operation between the farmers and the Cooperative generated great benefits and satisfactions in various aspects to farmers. The main factors associating with the operation of the contract farming focusing on the quantity of milk production included number of household labors, duration of participation into the dairy cow raising, credit and input support, veterinary and extension service and total annual household income. The determinants of volume of milk production under the contract farming in the two study villages were slightly different. Several problems of the contract farming were identified primarily in social and institutional
Scholarship Donor(s): AIT, Netherlands
Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science
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