Improving animal health and incentive of hygiene management: Case study in Vietnam

Incidence of animal diseases, such as Hog Cholera and Pasteurella, was found in our field survey of 100 pig farmers in T.T.Hue province in Vietnam Thirty five (36%) of surveyed farmers are in poverty according to the 2005 poverty standard in Vietnam. Low income farmer has a large income share from pig production. We suggest that the increase of pig deaths in low income farms will raise the risk to fall into poverty. Improvement of animal health service, especially for low income farmers, will be important for poverty reduction in rural area in Vietnam. Vietnamese pork distribution is in a state of so-called information asymmetry. In order to solve the problem of information asymmetry, it is necessary to fulfill the requirements of incentive compatibility. In Vietnam, the food sanitation inspection system is not in a sufficiently functional state, and it is possible that the principal-agent theory requirements of incentive compatibility are not established. A significant degree of microbial contamination can be mitigated even by washing the carcasses with water using simple machinery; however, at the same time, it is also important that there is improvement in the accuracy of the food sanitation inspection system at the store stage for distinguishing between retailers that are carrying out appropriate hygiene management and those that are not.2009年帯広農村開発教育国際セミナーシンポジウム「農畜産物生産と地球環境に関する持続的開発のための教育」報告