Improving animal welfare in the shrimp chain in Vietnam
(1/3/2024 12:00:00 AM)
Corporation
between VIFEP and Stirling University on implementing project: “Assessing the
status of awareness, behavior, best practices and proposing solutions related
to improving animal welfare in shrimp value chains in the Mekong River Delta in
Viet Nam”.
On 7th
November 2023 Stirling University announced its agreement to support Vietnam
Institute of Fisheries Economics and Planning (VIFEP) in implementing the
project (award letter ref. no ST00998).
To implement the project, VIFEP has been conducting document
reviewing to systematize theoretical basis, concepts, and research approaches to
assess animal welfare applying to shrimp value chain.
The project team also
identified stakeholders, hot issues and concerns related to animal welfare in
shrimp value chain in Vietnam. Through this activity the team has defined clearly
key stakeholders and hot issues that will be focused during conduct research
contents following the project proposal. Questionnaires which are used in
conducting surveys and an outline of research report also have been developing
by project team.
Group discussion of
project team at VIFEP’s office
Project team is
working on working plan at VIFEP’s office
In December 2023 the
project team has proactively visited certain certificated shrimp seed
hatcheries in Binh Thuan province where is high quality shrimp seed production center
of Viet Nam providing shrimp seed for almost provinces including Ca Mau and Bac
Lieu province to collect data and
information about best practices and good stories on improving animal welfare
in shrimp seed producing.
Working in office of
C.P. Vietnam Corporation
Working in office of Thong
Thuan Seafood Co., Ltd.
Visiting shrimp seed hatchery
of Nam Mien Trung Co.,Ltd.
The next field trip to survey other stakeholder (feed and chemical provider; shrimp farmers,
processing enterprises etc.) expectively will be conducted from 26th
February to 10th March 2024 to clarify current status about animal
welfare in shrimp value chain including awareness, understanding and behaviors of stakeholders, stories and/or best
practices as well as recommendations.
VIFEP
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