SOW BREEDING SUBPROJECT

IN BAN BO VILLAGE – TAM DUONG DISTRICT – LAI CHUA PROVINCE

I. GENERAL INFORMATION.
1. Name of subproject: Pig-breading raising
2. CIG’s representative: Phan Thi Phay
3. No. Of Beneficiaries: 6 households (4 poor households, 2 others).
4. Location: Nam Tang village, Ban Bo Commune, Tam Duong district .
5. Implementation period: June 2011 –December 2012.
6. Objectives of subproject:
• General objectives
- Provide opportunity for poor households to access new animal husbandry
techniques, follow appropriate technical process to improve productivity, quality and
economic efficiency. Since then, it is expected to promote livestock raising to become an
income-generating activity and contribute to their stable life.
- Create linkages and cooperation between individual producers through the CIG
and help them see the benefits and effectiveness of the organization of the production
team.
- Successful project implementation is also a model for study tours to exchange
experiences, and expand to the other project communes in the district.
• Specific objectives
− Scale: 8 pigs.
− CIG involves 6 poor households.
− Technical method: raising pigs in house with investment and care and
disease prevention according to the technical process
- Productivity: After 18 months, the sow gives birth to 2 farrows, equal to 136-140
piglet (with the probability of 85%), and the profit is 45.000.000đ
II. Base, arguing and efficiency, benefits and influence
1.General Introduction
The Ban Bo commune is a lowland commune in Tam Duong district. Natural land
area is 7652 hectares, of which 1045 ha of agricultural land (accounting for 13.66%).
Total number of households is 799 households with 4141 people; the rate of poverty is
48.7% of total households in the whole commune. Inhabitants gather in rural areas, the
labor is mostly agricultural and forestry production, accounting for 95% of total
employment.
Poor households live on mostly agriculture production, but most of them are lack of
production land. Production condition is backward; according to local custom is self-
sufficiency, lack of science and technology knowledge. Breeding without barn or poor
barn; Caring is not good, they are not interested in veterinary hygiene and disease
prevention and causing low efficiency. Therefore, applying science and technology and
selecting suitable methods as well as restructuring of plant and animal to increase
productivity are very necessary.
Subprojects of sow breeding is to help people approaching with new farming
methods according to technical process that giving high production as well as bringing
economic efficiency, thereby creating employment, bringing income and stabilizing life
for local people. Based on actual conditions, “Sow breeding" was chosen to implement in
Nam Tang village, Ban Bo Commune of Tam Duong district.
2. Bases for subproject implementation
2.1. Legal basis
- The Credit Agreement No. Cr. VN 4698 of May 25, 2010;
- The Decree No. 134/QD-UBND of January 25th , 2010, Approve the feasibility
study report on Second Northern mountainous Poverty Reduction Project in Lai Chau
province (the period from 2010 to 2015);
- Meeting village statement in February, 2010, Ref proposing the investment
subprojects in 2011.
- Meeting CDB statement, Ref reviewing subproject list of CDBC in 2011.
- The PIM and livelihood implementation manual for poverty reduction project.
2.2. Suitability of subprojects.
Mong Cai breed is the domestic
big breed which developed for long-
standing in Northeast of Viet Nam.
Because of the good reproductive
characteristic, it has been popular over
from River Red Delta to central region
as well as South provinces since 1960
- 1970. Characteristics of Mong Cai
pig include: black and white skin,
black heads, white forehead, white
shoulders and neck pulling down abdomen and four feet; short and large neck, long sag
dorsal, sag abdomen.
 The strong advantages of Mong Cai Big are good breeding ability and clever in
breeding child (average two litters per
year, each litter from 10 to 12 children,
delivery time can last 80-10 years).
Mong Cai Pig can be adaptable,
growing well in many different
ecological regions. It is voracious big
breed and can be eat the nutrient poor
self-mixing food. It is very suitable
with condition of upland famers,
especially poor households. Therefore,
it is often used to basic sow to mate
with external boar from Yorkshire or
Landrace…to produce the commercial
crossbred hogs which both growing well and adapting to conditions of upland farmers. In
addition, the half half-blood hybrid Mong Cai big is now popularly used bringing high
efficiency in central and northern region.
Tam Duong climate characteristics is the northwestern mountains climate, the
climate in year has the two separate seasons being rain season and the dry season. The
rain season is from April to September with the high temperature and high humidity. The
dry season starts from October to next March with cold climate, low humidity, and low
rainfall. The average temperature in a year is about 21 - 220C, the highest is 350C and the
lowest is 12 - 150C, average humidity is 84%. With this climate conditions, Mong Cai pig
can fully adapt and grow well.
2.3. Analyze the production and sale effect, evaluating consume market and
estimating socio-economic effect.
Today, together with the urbanization development of the province, district, rapidly
growing population as well as increasing food demands, the provincial animal production
such as meat, egg.. are not enough to meet the demands. Most of them have been
imported from other province because local breeding develops very slowly. Furthermore,
it is very hard to buy piglet in the breeding development regions. Up to now, the province
has no hatcheries to supply seed. Now sow pigs breeding in local households have not
met the breeding demand, so the piglets must be imported from other regions. It is not
only very expense to buy the piglets but also very difficult to control the disease.
Therefore, the project products will meet the needs of piglets in the area.

* Estimated socio-economic effect.

 - Economic effecst (Estimated per one litter)

No Item Units Quant Unit Amout Remark

ity price (VND)
(VND)
I. Investment cost
Seeding big Kg 30 135.000 4.050.000 average each
Food for pig before fist Kg 50 11.000 550.000 sow can have
mating. 2 litters per
year
1. Discount for one litter 255.500
2. Food for pregnant pig Kg 160 11.000 1.760.000
3. Food for pig bring up their Kg 210 11.000 2.310.000
piglets
4. Food for piglets Kg/litte 50 12.000 600.000 10 piglets
r per one litter
5. Veterinary medicine 200.000
6. Matching + other cost 300.000
The total investment cost 5.425.000
II Estimated income Piglets 9 960.000 8.640.000
(Average 14Kg x
65,000VND per one kg)
Interest/sow(pig)/litter VND/ 3.214.500
litter
So that, each litter of eight pig bringing interest is 22,501,500 VND (Detail
estimate: 8 pigs x 87,5% (litter sow rate) x 3,214,500 VND = 22,501,500 VND )
Estimated to finish subproject, the interest is 22,501,500 VND per litter x two litters
= 45,003,000 NVD.
* Social effects
Implementing subproject is to help poor households in approaching to new breeding
methods, which applied in technical processes to enhance productivity, quality and
economic efficiency. From which boosting the livestock development to become a job
which contributing to create employment, bringing income, and stabilizing life for local
people.
By participating CIG group, households can help each other to improve efficiency,
develop the livestock sustainability. If subproject implement successfully, it will be place
where for local people come to visit and exchange experience. Then it will be expanded to
the other communes in the district
The project productions will support for local livestock with the good quality seed
and safety diseases.
2.4. Analyze the project objects.
Mong Cai Big is chosen for the subproject, Because it have good characteristics
which adapting with local condition, especially poor household as well as bringing the
high litter productivity. It is very suitable with project objects that are poor mountain
households meeting many difficulties in capital and lacking production land. Besides,
local people can use and salvage available material in local such as: bran, maize, potato,
cassava, sweet potato strings, vegetable, duckweed ... . as feed for pigs, reducing input
costs, raising economic efficiency.
2.5. Analyze effect to environment and social culture.
In the local, the breeding has been existed for a long time but according to self-
sufficiency breeding, breeding without barn or poor barn lack of disease prevention.
Building Sow breeding model in order to transfer technical breeding on new method, such
as captive breeding and having investment, care and disease prevention as technical
process not only improves productivity but also help local people change the old breeding
method which bringing low productivity and causing polluted environment.
III. Subproject details
3.1. Scale
- Implementing scale: each model consist of eight Mong Cai bigs (about seven
months old, average 30 Kg per one pig)
3.2. Participating Object:
- Total six households participate directly, including four poor households and one
nearly poor ones and rich ones.
3.3. Subproject Objective.
Transferring successfully the technical processes of sow breeding enhance
productivity, production quality and create employment, bring income, and stabilize life
for local people. Then it will be expanded to the other communes in the district
3.4. Subproject estimated output/outcome.
- After 18 months, 126 to 140 breeding piglets will be produced, give interest
about VND 45 million, bring income for households that directly participating is 500.000
– 600.000 VND per month.
- At least 20 households in village understand and apply technical process on
breeding their big model and local people know the subproject information.
 3.5. Subproject implementation organization
- Project is supported under group, setting up the CIG consist of six households in
Nam Tang village of Ban Bo commune Tam Duong District. After that building the
subproject of big breeding, submit to approve subproject; conducting implementation.
- Investor: People's committee of Ban Bo commune of Tam Duong district.
- Investor representative: CDB of Ban Bo commune.
- Commune Development Board sign the sub-project implement contract directly
with the consulting unit, district Forestry and Agricultural Extension Station
- Implementing Agency: District Forestry and Agriculture Extension Station is
responsible for the implementation of transfer activities, in particular: Demonstration
projects and estimating, training, conferences, seminars, monitoring the technical
guidance during implementing subprojects; also responsible for procurement and supply
seed and material for sub-projects
+ About seeding: Selecting units which ensuring standards and quality, unknown origin
and disease free to offer Mong Cai pig.
+ Regarding food materials: Selecting food materials which ensuring quality requirements,
the right type.
3.6. Technology transfer training, study tour.
- Organizing to train the technical process of Mong Cai Sow breeding for household
participating project in three times. Time for training: one day per time in 2011 and two times in
2012 (detail time is before providing seed pig, before preparing birth litter one and two.)
Training content:
+ Technical requirements for barn breeding Sow.
+ Technology for taking care of Mong Cai sow before fist mating, and breeding sow.
+ Disease prevention measures, waste treatment, environmental protection
+ Measures to prevent and treat some common diseases in pigs.
+ The way to record and economic accounting in breeding sows.
- Technical staff (require have the intermediate or higher degree in veterinary livestock
major) is responsible for guiding technology, to periodically inspect and guide household to
implement according to technical requirements during project implementation (18 months).
 - Organize 02 workshops for local households participating in the project to exchange of
breeding sows experience. Implementation time is one day per times: First one in December
2011, second one in September 2012.
- Organizing one conference to review and evaluate project in late 2012.
3.7. Operating management task.
- Operating management task is implemented under the group activity regulation that is
built by CIG according to PIM with assistance of CDB and DPMU.
3.8. Propaganda and information.
- Organizing two times to propagandize about subproject operations by, inviting reporter
write new on overall province.
3.9. Reviewing, evaluating and learning from experiences
- Organizing a conference to summarize and evaluate the sub-project with about 25
people, consisting: the households participating in the project, farmers in areas of interest to the
project and representatives of relevant departments. Conference target is to review and evaluate,
draw experience and discuss measures to maintain and expand after ending sub-projects. Time
for organization is one day in late 2012. IV.
IV. Subproject implementation expenditure.
Project will support 100% about seeding pig and main materials such as mixed food for
sow, mixed food for piglets, veterinary medicine. Households participating project contribute
labor and breeding tools.
Summarize sheet for expenditure implementing subproject:
Units: 1,000 VND

No Expenditure source 2011 2012 Total

1 WB Cost 91.137 7.903 99.040

2 Contributed people cost 4.200 43.160 47.360

Total 95.337 51.063 146.600

(See more information in attached sheet))

 V. Implemented Organization
5.1. Responsibility of management unit
- Investor: People's committee of Ban Bo commune of Tam Duong district.
- Investor representative: CDB of Ban Bo commune of Tam Duong district.
Responsibility of CDB is implementation according to current regulations of NMPRP2
+ Implement procurement.
+ Submit the district relevant departments for appraising planning, estimating subproject,
and submitting the People's committee of Ban Bo commune for approving subproject.
- Check and sign for implementation amount and payment according to regulation.
- Set up the settlement document in order to submit the district financial and planning
department for checking and district people's committee for approving.
5.2. Responsibility of implementation unit
5.2.1. Responsibility of District Forestry and Agriculture Extension Station
- Build the Demonstration, planning and estimating for subproject.
- Detail:
+ Provide the seed, food materials, veterinary medicine, which ensuring standards and
quality to households.
+ Organize class training for household about the technical process.
+ Organize the seminar for exchanging experience and the conference for reviewing and
evaluating subproject.
+ Appoint the technical staff to monitoring, guiding, conducting technology for household
during implementation period.
5.2.2. Responsibility of CIGs.
- Set up the CIGs under voluntary and democracy.
- Build and obey the operated regulation of CIGs.
- Implement the subproject according Decision of people’s committee of Ban Bo
commune.
5.2.3. Responsibility of Commune Monitoring Board:
- Monitor the subproject implementation progress under current supervising regularly.

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