SMALLHOLDERS IN THE SMALLHOLDERS IN THE SMALLHOLDERS IN THE SMALLHOLDERS IN THE UPLANDS OF VIETNAM: Market Linkages UPLANDS OF VIETNAM: Market Linkages UPLANDS OF VIETNAM: Market Linkages UPLANDS OF VIETNAM: Market Linkages Before, During and After SADU Before, During and After SADU Before, During and After SADU Before, During and After SADU SADU Final Workshop Vientian, 4 th –5 th July 2012 Cu Thi Le Thuy, CIAT Vietnam
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SMALLHOLDERS IN THE SMALLHOLDERS IN THE SMALLHOLDERS IN THE SMALLHOLDERS IN THE
UPLANDS OF VIETNAM: Market Linkages UPLANDS OF VIETNAM: Market Linkages UPLANDS OF VIETNAM: Market Linkages UPLANDS OF VIETNAM: Market Linkages
Before, During and After SADUBefore, During and After SADUBefore, During and After SADUBefore, During and After SADU
SADU Final Workshop
Vientian, 4th – 5th July 2012
Cu Thi Le Thuy, CIAT Vietnam
Persimmon
Red persimmon market collapsed
Before SADU
SADU Intervention
Shifting to new varieties with high market value
Visit markets
Topworking
Pests and diseases
ENTO-PRO
• ~ 120 farmers
topworked ~ 1200
trees => good
• ~ 15 farmers planted
seedlings ~ 2000
trees => slow growth
• A small amount was
sold at 35,000d/kg
Results
Lessons
• Good technical assistance generates more
sustainable impacts than subsidies
⇒ Farmers themselves take care of their orchards
without depending on project assistance
⇒ Project staff have to be more active and innovative
• Contribution of beneficiaries is a must
Lessons
• Communication for farmers need to be diverse
and easy to understand
⇒ Study tours to markets and production areas
⇒ Promotion meetings at commune/village levels
⇒ Dissemination of documents in writing, photos, and
movies/slideshows
⇒ Exchange visits among farmers
Cassava Contract Farming
KrongBong, Daklak, Vietnam
Contract farming scheme before SADU
� Contract farming setup in line with Decree 80.
� Factory’s Strategy:
� Buy fresh roots from contract farmers
� Relies on field staff to manage the contract farming system
� In 2006 signed contracts with1,700 farmers in an area of
1,600 hectares
� Purchases some fresh roots from traders
Contract farming scheme before SADU
� Provides
� input credit:
�planting material (KM 94 variety) during first year
�“biological” fertiliser (by-product of dry starch)
� Small loans to some farmers (land preparation, weeding)
� Technical assistance
� Guarantees the purchase of fresh roots and
� Pays farmers according to the starch content of fresh roots
The system was difficult and costly to manage
� Managing ~ 1,700 small contracts for a highly perishable commodity is complex and time-consuming
� The factory is under-staffed => poor implementation of contract
� Input quality was questioned
� Limited technical assistance received
� Delays in transport and long waiting times when delivering fresh roots