A Study of the Limiting Factors of Dairy Production Development in Hanoi Vietnam -A Cace Study in Phudong and Vinhngoc Communes-

The economy ofVietnam has recently been restructuring, and dairy production is considered to develop with high potentiality to meet tha increasing market demand for milk and milk products in nationwide, especially in the city (Phan 2000, IFPRI 2001, Nguyen 2001). Vietnam government also plans to increase the proportion of domestic milk production over total milk consumption up from 9.8% in 1999 to 32% in 2010 (MARD 2001). In the suburb of Hanoi, dairy production has been started since 1990, and it is expected to solve the difficulties facing farmers to improve dairy production here. The objective of this study is, (a) to investigate the present situation of dairy production in Hanoi, (b) to identify problems limiting the expansion of dairy production in the study area from the standpoint of farmers and government, and (c) to give some recommendations to improve dairy production ni Hanoi. A cace study method was applied in this paper, and Phudong (Gialam district) and Vnihngoc(Donganh district) commune were selected as research sites. Forty six dairy households and list of twelve dairy households in Phudong and Vinhndoc, respectively, were randomly selected in the list of total dairy housholds of the communes. Result of survey shows that dairy farmers in Hanoi have been facing some outstanding problems that restraint them from starting and expanding dairy production. Those are problem and etc.. Based on this survey we make some recommendations about master plan of land, farmer\u27s access to credit, supply of good dairy input services (especially breeding and veterinary services), establishment of new dairy cooperatives, and extention program to train new dairy farmers