Creating effective seafood production chains was the main topic of a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on October 8.
The event was jointly organised by the US organisations GlobalAquaculture Alliance (GAA) and Sustainable Fisheries Partnerships, andthe Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
Speaking at the conference, Jeff Sedacca from the US’ National Fishand Seafood (NFS) emphasised the need to pay more attention todeveloping small-scale farms since they produce a large proportion oftotal shrimp output.
NFS has developed a chain modelfor sustainable shrimp breeding based on close linkages betweenfarmers, processors, investors and distributors, he said, adding thatthe organisation has also devised a broader network, including manycomponents of the supply chain.
Such a chain will pave the way for farmers to improve their livelihoods and increase incomes, he stated.
However, James Baros, the NFS coordinator for aquaculturecertification, noted that it is hard for small farms to obtaincertification as they often fail to meet international standards.
When cooperating with small producers, the NFS confirmed they wouldmeet global standards and their products could be sold worldwide, headded.
According to VASEP Vice President Nguyen HuuDung, Vietnam ’s shrimp businesses must work closely with farmers todevelop shrimp breeding areas whilst applying quality and diseasemanagement systems in an effort to meet international standards on foodsafety.
Once the NFS project is implemented inVietnam , it will help local breeders to produce shrimp in asustainable manner, he said.
Statistics from theMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Development showed that the countryearned 4.95 billion USD from seafood exports during the first eightmonths of this year, up by 25.4 percent compared to the same period in2013.
Shrimp exports alone accounted for 2 billion USD during the first seven months of 2014.
VASEP estimates seafood exports will reach about 7 billion in 2014, up by 4.5 percent compare to last year.-VNA
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