Thai swine production under contract farming: a case study of autonomous raisers
2010
Mata, N., Kasetsart Univ., Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom, 73140 (Thailand). Faculty of Agriculture | Aungsuratana, A. | Attamamngkune, S., Kasetsart Univ., Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom, 73140 (Thailand). Faculty of Agriculture | Paramacom, N., Kasetsart Univ., Bangkhen, Bangkok 10900 (Thailand). Faculty of Economics | Watana, J., Kasetsart Univ., Bangkhen 10900 (Thailand). Faculty of Education
The study sought to determine the pig production structure and marketing channel of autonomous swine raisers under contract farming, the constraints and recommendations in order to formulate development model towards farmer participation. Studied samples were the nationwide selected 9 autonomous swine raisers under contract farming. Interview schedule was obtained to collect data. The study revealed that autonomous swine raisers under contract farming were practiced in fattening pigs only. There were 3 raising patterns including price guarantee, marketing guarantee, and hired contract. In case of price guarantee and marketing guarantee, the farmers invested by themselves as hired contract raising except input used including breeding, feed, and medicine. It also found that the hired contract raisings were provided by their parties. Price guarantee products sold at fixed guarantee price in advance yearly. Marketing guarantee products sold in the flexible agreement depending on their own satisfaction to the free market or sold back to the parties at market price. For hired contract, labor force rate was between 1.20-1.80 baht per kg of body weight increased. Major production constraints were lack of academic supporting from concerned government agencies, lower standard requirement products, and high cost, respectively. In addition, most of the major marketing constraints were uncertainty price, less supporting from concerned government agencies, and also price interferred by the candidate parties, respectively. Recommendations were the collaboration between concerned agencies and autonomous swine raisers in order to let sub-contract swine raising farmers' concern as they were stakeholders of the firms, governmental concerned agencies should enact farm size law in order to solve surplus products, price concerns, and illegal animal movement, and also export promotion to neighboring countries must be concerned.
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