Project Progress Report:" Technical and economic feasibility of applying the Better Management Practices (BMP) to household aquaculture in Vietnam " MS3

The purpose of the study was to analyze the current practice of shrimp farming in the north central Vietnam, to evaluate the status of agricultural production and economic conditions - social and environment, and determine the limit application of better management practices. The report presents the results of a survey of 90 shrimp farmers in north-central provinces of Vietnam (Ha Tinh, Nghe An and Thua Thien-Hue). Shrimp production costs mainly by feeding (average 65% of total cost) for different varieties of food between provinces. The purchase of seed is the second largest cost (an average of 13% of total costs)....