Certified standards and vertical coordination in aquaculture: The case of pangasius from Vietnam

TY - JOUR

T1 - Certified standards and vertical coordination in aquaculture

T2 - The case of pangasius from Vietnam

AU - Trifkovic, Neda

PY - 2014/9/20

Y1 - 2014/9/20

N2 - This paper explores the interaction between food standards and vertical coordination in the Vietnamese pangasius sector. For farmers and processors alike, the adoption of standards is motivated by a desire to improve market access by ensuring high quality supply. Instead of encouraging the application of standards and contract farming, processing companies prefer to vertically integrate primary production largely due to concerns over the stable supply of pangasius with satisfactory quality and safety attributes. These tendencies increase the market dominance of industrial farming and worsen the position of small household farms.

AB - This paper explores the interaction between food standards and vertical coordination in the Vietnamese pangasius sector. For farmers and processors alike, the adoption of standards is motivated by a desire to improve market access by ensuring high quality supply. Instead of encouraging the application of standards and contract farming, processing companies prefer to vertically integrate primary production largely due to concerns over the stable supply of pangasius with satisfactory quality and safety attributes. These tendencies increase the market dominance of industrial farming and worsen the position of small household farms.

KW - food standards

KW - Pangasianodon hypophthalmus

KW - Pangasius

KW - vertical coordination

KW - Vietnam

U2 - 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2014.06.010

DO - 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2014.06.010

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0044-8486

VL - 433

SP - 235

EP - 246

JO - Aquaculture

JF - Aquaculture

ER -