Appendix 1 Report on “Establishment of the farmer interested club of Mong Cai pig production” In recent years, pig production in general has faced many difficulties, leading to decreasing pig population. Besides the epidemic diseases have occurred continuously such as PRRS, foot-and- mouth diseases etc., so the farmers experienced difficulty to confront the market. Livestock products are created with small amount and pressed output prices by business man when there are more products. In addition, the food safety can not be controlled. With the goal of contributing to support farmers to transfer the economic structure in agriculture and creating the Mong Cai breeding region in Hai Lang district - Quang Tri province, we have proposed to establish the farmer interested club of Mong Cai pig production to meet the supply of Mong Cai breed with high quality for the farms in Hai Lang area as well as other regions. The purposes of establishment of the farmer interested club of Mong Cai pig production - To connect households raising Mong Cai pigs in Hai Thuong and Hai Phu communes to share their experiences in raising Mong Cai pigs. - To consult livestock product consumption. Contents and methods Contents - To establish the farmer interested club of Mong Cai pig production (the Mong Cai pig farms joining the project are voluntary to participate) - The club activities are organised regularly and effectively - To set up the planning for each activity of the club. Methods • Using the group discussion method with member participation, get group members as the center and improve the knowledge of members based on their available experience to exchange and learn each other as well as to encourage members participating actively to explore new ideas and knowledge. • Using the basic methods in the activities of the club with club member participation as follows: - Brainstorming method: A method of collecting different ideas about a certain topic in short time with high speed and collecting opinions should not criticize or evaluate. - Group discussion method is one method of operation of the group with active participation of members. The group members discuss specific questions and contents that were planned in the group activities and the project staff or group leader only act as the organizer and guider and the evaluator. - Reality observing method: a method requires the group members to observe real examples and based on that they should draw the lesson-learned. The group members can observe and analyze the advantages and disadvantages as well as offer solutions to overcome the disvantages. Similar to the group discussion method, the project officers only guide, observe and support during observing. 1. Established 3 Mong Cai pig raising interested clubs in Hai Phu and Hai Thuong communes. - The Mong Cai pig raising interested Phu Hung club in Phu Hai commune and the Mong Cai pig raising interested An Khe club in Hai Thuong commune were established on 24 th October 2008. - The Mong Cai pig raising interested Thuong Xa club in Hai Thuong commune was established on 26/10/2008. - Three Mong Cai pig raising interested clubs operated effectively and shared experiences of pig raising together. 2. The club activities 2.1. Equipment and capital - Each project group is equipped for a bookshelf, books (Pig raising manual, Chicken raising manual, Duck raising manual, goat raising manual, etc.) and newspapers (Agricultural newspaper and agricultural magazine). This bookshelf is put in the group leader’s house. - Capital is contributed by the club members and CARD project. The CARD project funded 82% and the club members contribute 18%. 2.2. The club activity situation: During establishing pig production interested club, members have developed rules and regulations of the club. The club activities have based on the rules and regulations. The clubs organize regularly two meetings per month. Each group has held two meetings from established date to January 2009. The first meeting (held from 27 th – 30 th November 2008): - Each group unified the activity rules and regulations. Two poor members in each group were supported a loan within 01 years. - NIAH staff trained the club members on the use of EM product in agriculture such as cultivation and animal husbandry sectors (feed processing and environmental sanitation). Animal waste is composted by EM and compared to the traditional manure composting. - To support EM product to compost animal waste - The project evaluation: all members of 3 groups prefer to learn new techniques applied in animal husbandry to reduce environmental pollution. However, the learning level depends on each group: due to members in Phu Hung club did not know what is EM product, they applied reservedly; members of two clubs in Thuong Xa commune knew EM product, but they only applied it in crop production and observed the effect of EM product on crop production; members of An Khe group used EM product in the dead animal treatment, they obtained new technique quickly and applied in environmental sanitation. The second meeting (held from 4 th to 6 th January 2009) Each leader report the group activities: • Phu Hung group: The situation of livestock production: Three households had pigs infected heavy diseases with symptoms such as cough, heavy breath, fever (including households: Tram, Phu and Cuc). The NIAH staff together with veterinary officials in Hai Lang district conducted to take disease samples and sent to the regional veterinary office to analyze. Animal waste was treated effectively by EM product. Households are very welcome and support the use of EM product for animal waste treatment, because animal waste composted time is faster (animal waste is composted by EM product within 15 days and it can be brought to use), reducing feacal odor. The household proposed the project to continue supporting EM product. • Dai An Khe group Three households had dead pigs and two households had sick pigs with symptoms of cough, heavy breathing, high fever. A household named Mr. Dan had a Mong Cai sow supported by the project gave the first birth with 11 piglets. Households like to use EM product, so they propose the projects to continue providing EM product for them. • Thuong Xa group The situation of livestock production: Households had dead pigs suh as: Mr. Trang (1 pig); Ms. Lien (1 pig); Mr. Cuong (2 pigs) Households had sick pigs such as: Mr. Trang (2 pigs), Mr. Cuong (1 pig) Households they propose the projects to continue providing EM product for them A household (Hoa Thoi) built biogas system and this biogas system has been operated well. NIAH staff have trained farmer on respiratory disease and PRRS disease. NIAH officers delivered Tet gift and provide EM product for each group member. Besides NIAH officers also reminded them on the environmental hygiene, as well as informed the households about house hygiene checking (faecal container, and wastewater path). Evaluation of the project officers: although farmers called commune veterinary staff to treat their sick pigs (7-10 treated days), the number of sick pigs within two months is relatively high and some of the sick pigs were died. The households would like to use EM product in animal waste treatment. * Overall comments: - Households are expected to apply advanced techniques in animal husbandry as well as animal house sanitation. - The groups initially operated effectively. In each meeting, in addition to the project officers trained for the club members, they shared experiences of the disease symptoms and treatment methods. Exists: - All most pigs of the households only vaccinated following the vaccination schedule of the veterinary districts (2 times/year), so the vaccination for pigs following the age is necessary. - Market price changes continuosly. Feed price is high, while pork price is constantly, resulted in high pressure for farmers. 3- Directions and suggestions for next group meetings - To maintain the group activities and periodic meetings (one time/2 months). - To discuss to find pork consumption market. - The leaders have responsibility for the group activities: every 02 - 03 group meetings with officials of the project the leaders have to organize themselves the meeting at least 1 time (the project staff do not participate in this meeting). - To ccontinue consulting and guiding framers about diseases that pigs are easily infected - To provide EM product for farmers and instruct farmers to raise earthworm. 1 APPENDIX ONE: EXAMPLES OF THUA THIEN HUW FARMER CLUB MEMBERS SELECTED FOR FINAL PROJECT INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES PROPOSAL FOR DEMOSNTRATION PIG FARMS IN THUA THIEN HUE 1. General information of farmer Name of farmer: CAO THO THANH (Quan), 52 years old and married Village: An Do Commune: Huong Chu, District: Huong Tra Province: Thua Thien Hue 2. Starting pig husbandry on farm: The farm was selected by CARD researcher group in 2006 for development a model on large land area IN An Do village by side of rice field; he is very active in pig husbandry, after three years, now he has 3 sows with all in pregnancy period. They will make a jointed farm with another farmer in CARD group, who has damaged by PRRS in 2008 and Mr. Le Dinh Nam lost all of sows and pigs, so they moved to Mr. Thanh’s area, they would like to develop a demonstration farm for area with 10 sows included 3 sows from CARD, so we would like to support them for this ambition in 2010. 3. Project successful farms: Since 2010 the housing systems was improved with a new treatment system for reduce environmental pollution and integrated with garden culture to reduce Nitrogen and Phosphorus emission. CARD project supported for improved the housing system with good ventilation and replace breeding stock with 3 more gilts in 2010. 4. Budget and Timeline (in VND, Vietnam Dong) Items Fund required Project investment Own investment Time Recover for typhoon in 2009 1,0 mils 1,0 mils Dec.2009 Improved housing system 25 mils 15 mils 10 mils Feb. 2010 Breeding stock for replace 5 mil. 3 mil 2 mils Disinfection areas (lime pit) 0,5 mils 0,5 mils Jan. 2010 Total 31,500,000 19,500,000 12,000,000 2 PROPOSAL FOR DEMOSNTRATION PIG FARMS IN THUA THIEN HUE 1. General information of farmer Name of farmer: NGUYEN THI DIEP, 54 years old and married Village: No. Thuan Hoa Commune: Binh Dien, District: Huong Tra Province: Thua Thien Hue 2. Starting pig husbandry on farm: This is a average farmer was selected by CARD researcher group for development a pig husbandry model on large land areas ownership of private in a highland region, she is very active in husbandry with rice alchohol making and use by-products for pig raising and mixed pig diets on farm, with her husband on farm and they are happy to cooperate with CARD project during of 4 years. They have 7 childrens and they are grow-up and 3 children are still in schools. There is a little experiences in sow keeping and unit. They have receipt a herd of breeding stock of Mong Cai local breed in 2006 and start to raising 6 gilts under guidelines and manual of CARD researcher group. Duration of 4 years until now, she has 8 sows, average age around 3 -4 years old. With successful years of 2008 & 2009, she obtained more than 20 weaned piglets per year per sow and all of piglets were raised on her farm for fatteners to sell unitil 80 -90 kg per head. She is a farmer can make dietary composition on farm and reduce feedcost for farm. 3. Project succesful farms: Housing systems were made in new system in 2006 under supported by CARD, 50% funds from CARD project for the infrastructures and 02 creepfeed boxes by HUAF experts for suckling piglets. In generally, her farm can improve in 2009 with more water supply system and farrowing crates in pens and sow areas. 4. Budget and Timeline (in VND, Vietnam Dong) Items Fund required Project investment Own investment Time Recover for Typhoon 2009 2,0 mils 2.0 mils Dec.2009 Ventilation systems and curtains 5 mils 3 mils 2 mils Jan. 2009 Water supplies 5 mils 5 mils Jan. 2009 Disinfection areas (lime pit) 0,5 mils 0,5 mils Jan. 2010 Feedstuffs mixed area 3 mils 3 mils Jan. 2010 Total 15,500,000 13,500,000 8,500,000 3 PROPOSAL FOR DEMOSNTRATION PIG FARMS IN THUA THIEN HUE 1. General information of farmer Name of farmer: NGUYEN VAN LAP, 52 years old and married Village: No. 10 Commune: Thuy Phuong, District: Huong Thuy Province: Thua Thien Hue 2. Starting pig husbandry on farm: This is a late farmer that was selected in 2008 for a new development of pig farm on a upland area with a large area of land with fish pond system for integrated farming, he is very active man for husbandry and fish raising of mixed farm between Local Mong Cai breed and cross F1 breeds between Mong Cai and Yorkshire breed for sows. He is a person of self- opinionated man and after 2 years under supervision of Dr. Duyet and Dr. Linh, addition a young CARD staff, Mr. Phuong he started to change ideas for integrated farm and adding more fish species as polyculture pond and use manure for fish. CARD project staffs to advise him to follow the guidelines and manual to raising a pig, a new housing system was improved in 2008 with a small funds from CARD project. Since 2009, we supported him to change ventilation systems and water supplies for pig housing. 3. Project succesful farms in 2000 & 2010: A new housing area was made for expand area for sows and fatteners. A farrowing, pregnancy and dry sow system was made and showing the sow keeping in reculation system and moving by reproduction phases on farm. 4. Budget and Timeline (in VND, Vietnam Dong) Items Fund required Project investment Own investment Time Recover for Typhoon 2009 2,5 mils 2.5 mils Dec.2009 Ventilation systems and curtains 20 mils 10 mils 10 mils Jan. 2009 Water supplies 8 mils 5 mils 3 mils Jan. 2009 Disinfection areas (lime pit) 0,5 mils 0,5 mils Jan. 2010 Drainge system to ponds 5 mils 2 mils 3 mils Jan. 2010 Total 36,000,000 20,000,000 16,000,000 4 PROPOSAL FOR DEMOSNTRATION PIG FARMS IN THUA THIEN HUE 1. General information of farmer Name of farmer: TRAN THI TUYET, 42 years old and married Village: No. 01 Commune: Thuy Duong, District: Huong Thuy Province: Thua Thien Hue 2. Starting pig husbandry on farm: This is a poor farmer was selected by CARD project group for development a piggery on a large land area of private owneship, she is following religious of Catholic custom, so keep more slience and work very hard. They have 5 childrens and their children are still in schools. Lack of experiences in sow husbandry and investment. She has receiving a group of breeding stock of Mong Cai local breed in 2006 and start to raising 5 gilts under guidelines and manual of CARD researcher group. Duration of 4 years until now, she has 14 sows, included 5 breeding stock pigs for replace in 2009. With successful years of 2007 & 2008, she obtained 20 weaned piglets per year per sow but weaner piglets were showed in lower weights at 35 – 40 age- days. Now she will became with experiences in herd management and care of suckling piglets. 3. Project succesful farms: Housing systems were made in new system in 2006 under supported by CARD, 50% funds from CARD project for the infrastructures and creepfeed boxes by HUAF experts for suckling piglets, a new ventilation system approach in 2007 by improving of advice from Australian experts. Since 2009 & 2010, the size of farm was expanded into 2 housing system and a new one for development with saparated areas of sleeping and exercise areas for sows and piglets, biogas for environment pollution in the community, water system and disinfection areas for housing and pigs by visitors when became a demonstration pig farm. 4. Budget and Timeline (in VND, Vietnam Dong) Items Fund required Project investment Own investment Time Recover for Typhoon 2009 5 mils 2.5 mils 2.5 mils Dec.2009 Biogas 11 mils 8 mils 3 mils Jan. 2010 Water supplies 7 mils 5 mils 2 mils Feb. 2010 Disinfection areas 0,5 mils 0,5 mils Jan. 2010 Feedstuffs mixed 2 mils 2 mils Jan. 2010 Total 25,500,000 18,000,000 7,500,000 5 PROPOSAL FOR DEMOSNTRATION PIG FARMS IN THUA THIEN HUE 1. General information of farmer Name of farmer: TRAN TRONG QUAN, 43 years old and married Village: Khuon Pho Commune: Quang Tho, District: Quang Dien Province: Thua Thien Hue 2. Starting pig husbandry on farm: This is a average farmer was selected by CARD researcher group for development a model on small area in a lowland village, he is very active in husbandry with a rice alchohol making and use by- products for pig raising, with his husband on farm and they are happy to cooperate with CARD project during of 4 years. They have 5 childrens and two of them are growth-up and 3 children are still in schools. Mr. Quan is a commune staff and his wife mainly is working on farm for pigs and ducks raising. Normally, every year with flooding and water flock on area, so they have to made a higher floor of housing and avoid the damage from flood. CARD project support him to get 6 gilts for beeding stock with Mong Cai local breed, duration of 4 years, he has successful work and earning more money from pig husbandry and his wife is happy to say “we would like to follow the CARD project with technical assistance”. Now he has 7 Mong Cai sows. With aims in biosecurity farm, he is trying to make a better works for his farms and local communities in low areas. 3. Project succesful farms: Since 2009 the housing systems were improved with a new treatment system for reduce environmental pollution in the village community to reduce Nitrogen and Phosphorus emission. CARD project supported a biogas with volume of 9 m 3 and liming areas for protection and disease control system in 2009 & 2010. 4. Budget and Timeline (in VND, Vietnam Dong) Items Fund required Project investment Own investment Time Recover for typhoon in 2009 1,5 mils 1,5 mils Dec.2009 Biogas system 15 mils 10 mils 5 mils Disinfection areas (lime pit) 0,5 mils 0,5 mils Jan. 2010 Total 17,500,000 12,000,000 5,500,000 1 Report on “Activities of clubs "The same interested in raising Mong Cai pig" In Quang Tri, Year : 2009 1. Results obtained from 10/2008 to June of 2009 1.1. Establishment of Famers Clubs “The same interested in raising Mong Cai pig production”. October of 2008, 3 farmer clubs "The same interested in raising Mong Cai pig" was established in three villages: An Khe, Phu Hung and Thuong Xa by the decisions of the Chairman of Hai Thuong and Hai Phu Commune. Members of each group consists of households are involved in the project CARD-004/05VIE of each village, there are clear regulations for the operation of the group. To support the initial activities of the group, the project was to establish a fund to support group activities, a risk fund for sick and died pigs, book sheds, supplying materials on pig production areas and monthly support Groups to buy 02 news paper on Agriculture and Technology. Three Mong Cai pig raising interested clubs operated effectively and shared experiences of pig raising together. 1.2. The club activities Each group has organized the 02 meeting. * First meeting ( 27/11-30/11/2008): The NIAH team was training for members on the use of bio-product EM in agriculture: farming and animal husbandry (food and environmental hygiene). Support for household products EM to compost manure. * Second meeting (4/01-06/01/2009): - Team Leader reports the pictures of the group. - The NIAH staff was training for households on 02 diseases: respiratory diseases and diseases “Blue Ear”. - Distribute gifts to farmers by NIAH staff on the occasion of TET and continue to provide products EM for each member. Besides also remind them about hygiene and environment, informed households will have to check hygiene cages (hole incubation and path of wastewater). The farmers enjoyed using microorganism in matters cages. 2. Some achieved results in 2009 2.1. Consulting and support to build biogas systems. In order to ensure environmental hygiene and development of sustainable breeding pigs region, one of the important thing is building biogas systems to waste treatment and provide gas for the family. The project has consultanted and supported to households who raising pigs with large-scale 5 or more sows and 20 pigs meat/1 household) to build biogas system.It was very difficult at the begining to mobilize households with large-scale to build biogas (some farmers in the commune wasn’t [...]... doses of free vaccin Ecoli to the farmers to prevention piglets diarrhea, these vaccin not only be used for households under the project but also was distributed to farmers in the district of Hai Lang (through Hai Lang district veterinary stations) 2.3 The anniversary 1 year of establishment of Farmer clubs The same interested in raising Mong Cai pig production The 5 of November, 2009: On the occasion... occasion of 1 year establishment Farmers groups, we held a celebration to assess the results achieved after one year operation of the group, and in this ceremony we have organized a contest of knowledge pig raising beteen three groups Results of a first prize for farmers Club "The same interested in raising Mong Cai Pig in Dai An Khe", the second prize is for two rest groups (the programe of ceremony... Advantages The NIAH officers participating in the project have experiences in implementing projects, transferring the technological advances to farmers and using farmer participatory training approach Quang Tri province has pig consumption market to Laos, so the development of Mong Cai sows producing pig breeds is the necessary need of farmers Despite the farmers in Quang Tri province are poor, they prefer... completing through the Website Prof Darrent Leader project went to evaluate and complete the reports, beside that he supports farmers who were damaged by typhoon in September of 2009 the fund to repaire pig house and medicine for pigs The monitoring and evaluation of the project experts are very necessary and useful for farmers, they shared their experience of pig raising as well as learned a lot of new knowledge... much of waste from pig production At begining of 2010 this farmer are supported by CARD project to move the pig house to the garden where is separated with family house They need to be supported to build biogas systems for waste treatment in 2010 This farmer is an active member of the farmers’s club in Phu Hung village, he ready to share experiences on livestock to farmers PROPOSAL FOR DEMOSNTRATION PIG. .. garden Knowledge on pig production is very limited This farmer was selected by the researchers of the project card since 2007, to help farmer in improving knowledge of pig production and development farm in the large garden area, support on treatment waste, reducing environmental pollution The wife is the main person on raising pigs, she is very active in pig production, very interested in learning... freely through the garden to the river This farmer was selected by the researchers of the project card since 2007, to help farmer in improving knowledge of pig production and development farm, support on treatment waste, reducing environmental pollution Through 4-years participate in the project: the farmer attend all training that was organized by the NIAH team This farm was supported 4 Mong Cai gilts,... household Initially this farm has 4 Mong Cai sows, pig house is attached with family house, poorly ventilated and dark, large garden and waste flows freely into the garden Knowledge on pig production is very limited This farmer was selected by the researchers of the project card since 2007, to help farmer in improving knowledge of pig production and development farm in the large garden area, support on... treatment waste, reducing environmental pollution The wife of the farmer is the main person on raising pigs, she is very active in pig production, very interested in learning new technologies Through 4-years participate in the project: She attend all training that was organized by the NIAH team This farm was supported 1 Mong Cai gilt, 1 creep box for piglets, repair pig house, distribute Disinfectants, drug... garden Knowledge on pig production is very limited This farmer was selected by the researchers of the project card since 2007, to help farmer in improving knowledge of pig production and development farm in the garden area, support on treatment waste, reducing environmental pollution Through 4-years participate in the project: the farmer attend all training that was organized by the NIAH team This farm . for the farms in Hai Lang area as well as other regions. The purposes of establishment of the farmer interested club of Mong Cai pig production - To connect households raising Mong Cai pigs. 2.3. The anniversary 1 year of establishment of Farmer clubs The same interested in raising Mong Cai pig production . The 5 of November, 2009: On the occasion of 1 year establishment Farmers. Established 3 Mong Cai pig raising interested clubs in Hai Phu and Hai Thuong communes. - The Mong Cai pig raising interested Phu Hung club in Phu Hai commune and the Mong Cai pig raising interested