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Figure 4: Ba-Vì dairy value chain
(Note: solid lines represent normative relationship; dash line illustrates non-regular re-
lationship happening in winter when the surplus volume unabsorbed by semi-industrial
processors (given their limited processing capacity) are sold to IDP)
Source: RUDEC’s survey (Revalter, 2014-2015)
receive support from extension agents,
who implement technical assistance
programs launched by the local govern-
ment and the Hanoi Livestock Devel-
opment Center (HNLDC). The wom-
en’s union, the farmers’ association, and
private collectors initiate and contract
credits to producers with funds from
the IDP, commercial banks and (in
the case of the associations) their own
members’ savings.
farm with three dairy cows has around
3000m 2 (around 60% of its cultivated
land) under forage crops. Both farms
diversified in crop-livestock produc-
tion and farms specialized in milk pro-
duction target stable markets based on
contracts with industrial and semi-in-
dustrial processors. Some rely on verbal
agreements with small-scale processors
and cottage industry, who generally b uy
milk on a less strict quality at higher
Dairy farming: Milk production price but at a very limited volume.
Milk collection: Collectors are
in Ba-Vì is done on small farms of 0.5-
1 hectare (Pham et al. 2011). Regard- crucial middlemen who greatly con-
ing feed availability, a “typical” family tribute to the organization of local milk
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