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Identification and quantification of subsidies relevant to the production of local and imported pig breeds in Vietnam

Tropical Animal Health and Production volume 38, pages 305–322 (2006)Cite this article

Abstract

Livestock diversity contributes in many ways to human survival and well-being, while its loss reduces options for attaining sustainable agriculture and universal food security. The current rapid rate of loss of this diversity is the result of a number of underlying factors. While in some cases changes in production systems and consumer preferences reflect the natural evolution of developing economies and markets, in other cases production systems, breed choice and consumer preferences have been distorted by local, national and international policy. In the context of a widespread threat to local pig breeds in Vietnam, this paper identifies and quantifies the level of agricultural subsidies that are currently contributing to this process of breed substitution. Producer subsidies—which tend to improve the competitiveness of imported breeds and their crosses over local breeds—are shown to be considerable, and mitigating measures are now urgently needed to avoid an irreversible loss of livestock diversity.

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Abbreviations

AI:

artificial insemination

AnGR:

animal genetic resources

CIRAD:

Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement

DARD:

Department for Agriculture and Rural Development (Vietnam)

EAST:

Eau Agriculture Santé en Milieu Tropical

FAO:

UN Food and Agricultural Organization

GNP:

gross national product

GRET:

Groupe de Recherche et d'Echanges Technologiques

LW:

Large White

m:

million

MARD:

Vietnamese Ministry for Agricultural and Rural Development

MC:

Mong Cai

NAEC:

National Agriculture Extension Center

NIAH:

National Institute of Animal Husbandry

OECD:

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

p.a.:

per annum

p.m.:

per month

SNV:

Netherlands Development Organisation

UNDP:

United Nations Development Programme

USD:

US dollar

VBARD:

Vietnamese Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

VBSP:

Vietnamese Bank for Social Policy

VND:

Vietnamese Dong

VNLC:

Vietnamese National Livestock Corporation

VSF:

Vétérinaries Sans Frontières

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  1. International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    A. G. Drucker

  2. School for Environmental Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin NT, Australia

    A. G. Drucker

  3. Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV), Kim Ma, Hanoi, Vietnam

    E. Bergeron

  4. Institute of Animal Production in the Tropics and Subtropics, Department of Animal Breeding and Husbandry in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

    U. Lemke & L. T. Thuy

  5. National Institute of Animal Husbandry, Hanoi, Vietnam

    A. Valle Zárate

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Drucker, A.G., Bergeron, E., Lemke, U. et al. Identification and quantification of subsidies relevant to the production of local and imported pig breeds in Vietnam. Trop Anim Health Prod 38, 305–322 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-006-4386-4

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  • Pig production
  • Indigenous and exotic breeds
  • Subsidies
  • Vietnam

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