First Le Porc du Mékong product to hit markets in Q1 2017
Le Porc du Mékong branded safe and hygienically processed pork is expected in Vietnam’s markets in Q1 of next year.
“We expect to start production on the farms belonging to the scheme by the implementation of our standards before yearend”, Christophe Guillaume, CEO, Neovia Vietnam, told Asian Pork Magazine.
The scheme is a collaboration between French companies, namely feed additive producer Neovia, breeder company Grimaud Group and meat processor Le Boucher, and 600 Vietnamese farmers, headed by the Animal Husbandry Association of Vietnam.
It hopes to reach the full capacity of the Le Boucher slaughterhouse by 2022. According to Mr Guillaume this translates to 360,000 pigs slaughters per year.
The production chain, called Le Porc du Mékong, will produce high quality pork products as well as establish a transparent, strictly controlled closed pork production system on the Mekong Delta.
“We estimate that we will need around 20,000 sows in production on the Mekong delta area. This could involve up to 600 farmers according to the current size of the pig farms in this area”.
He thinks the pig farmers belonging to the scheme have a lot to gain. He said they will improve their competitiveness thanks to the sustainability of their business, allowing them to have a medium-term vision through stable suppliers of feed and animals and purchasers of market pigs.
“They will achieve a better technical knowledge in pig production through the implementation of our production standards and our technical support. Farmers will see higher economic gains such as a decrease of the production cost through better production practices”.
He added a better integration of societal expectations through the production of a safe and traceable pork meat and transparency in their production practices.
“The aim is not to produce cheaper pork meat but to provide to average consumer products of high quality at the same price as the meat they find currently on the market (on which they don’t have any information about safety and traceability)”.
Pig farming in Vietnam is currently dominated by backyard small-scale farmers. How will this project affect these farmers?
“It will be difficult to measure the effect of our project on the pig farming landscape in Vietnam. However, we are conscious to implement our production standards and manage the traceability of the animals in backyard and small-scale farms.
“So, we will focus mainly on farms with a minimum of 50 sows to encourage them to participate in the Le Porc du Mékong production sector.”
Source:www.asian-agribiz.com
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