The economics of dairy cow raising in the south east of Vietnam
2004
Chu, T.K.L. (Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka (Japan). Faculty of Agriculture) | Yokogawa, H. | Kawaguchi, T.
Milk processing factories located in the South East of Vietnam use mostly imported materials at present to process milk and dairy products This study was thus conducted to unravel the underlying situation of dairy cattle raising in the region. The results of the study are based on the original data collected from 80 farm households in Ho Chi Minh and Binh Duong provinces. Descriptive statistics is used as the principal method of data analysis. The survey reveals that dairy farm is quite small in size with an average of almost 6 heads; of which most is the crossbreed of 3/4 HF blood. Total production costs are found to vary by some breeds and dairy sizes. Farmers can benefit from raising cows with an average net return of almost 3 million VND per milking cow. Poor situation of breeding and veterinary services, shortage of good breeds, lack of capital and technical knowledge are the most important obstacles for expanding the dairy farming.
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