| Author | Phan Thi Phuong Huyen |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.RD-05-07 |
| Subject(s) | Water-supply, Rural--Vietnam--Citizen participation
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
degree of Master of Science |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| 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 the small livestock raising were identified not only in social and institutional aspects including lack of support in credit and input as well as extension services but also bio-physical and demographic aspects comprising of disease, land size, age, labor. The study concluded that the small livestock raising was beneficial to the poor farmers and were potentials to improve socio-economic conditions of them. Certain recommendations were given in this research to improve the small livestock raising focusing on the following key areas consisting of provision of credit support, technical training, increase intensity of visits by extension and animal health workers, providing sources for good quality breeding stock and disease controlling. These need to be effectively carried out after the handing over from DANIDA to the government through the close collaboration between them and among other key government agencies concerned particularly the MARD and its extension network, agriculture banks and donors/NGOs for continuous financial support. This type of project should be intensified as one of the key activities in the national poverty alleviation project for the rural poor in Vietnam. |
| Year | 2005 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Rural Development, Gender and Resources (RD) |
| Chairperson(s) | Soparth Pongquan; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Clemente, Roberto S. ;Thammarat Koottatep; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Government of Denmark ;
Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2005 |