Economic analysis of enhanced biosecurity practices in three types of chicken farms in Northern Vietnam

This paper describes the adoption of the Enhanced Biosecurity Practices (EBP) recommended by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Vietnam’s Department of Livestock Production (DLP) and compare profitability between adopters, who were supported by a project, and non-adopters in 5 provinces of Vietnam. On-farm interviews were conducted on 34 broiler farms, 20 chicken breeder farms, and 40 hatchery operations. The study found that all project supported model farmers were aware of proper biosecurity management and its role in chicken production. The percentage of farms that adopted EBPs differed widely between the two farms groups (model and control farms). Almost all biosecurity measures recommended by FAO-DLP were implemented by model farms, except for 2 measures: keeping daily farm records and spraying disinfectants on transportation vehicles and before entering the farms. In terms of antibiotic use, model farms use less antibiotic than control farms in both chicken broiler and layer production. The results show that the recommended biosecurity practices in the chicken production chain substantially increase productivity, resulting in an increase in farms’ profitability. In general, the profit markup of the model farms was higher than that of control farms in all types of chicken production. Model chicken breeder farms had highest profit markup (61.1%), followed by model chicken hatcheries (41.9%), and model chicken broiler farms (25.6%), while control chicken broiler farms had the lowest profit markup (6.31%). Based on the results of this study, it is recommended that the EBP should be promoted among chicken producers as a means to increase profits.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Padungtod, P.; Minh, N. T. T.; Tuan, H. A.; Tung, D. X.;
Format:	Article biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Fundación CIPAV (Centro para la Investigación en Sistemas Sostenibles de Producción Agropecuaria), Cali, Colombia ; 2020
Online Access:	https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/CA9549EN http://www.fao.org/3/ca9549en/ca9549en.pdf
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