๐ Tender Overview
Location
Vietnam
Duration
Start
Jul 2025
End
Dec 2028
Budget
AUD 2,345,560
This project aims to improve the livelihoods of smallholder fruit farmers in northwest Vietnam by evaluating how digital tools can help improve access to quality assured, inclusive and competitive domestic and export markets.
Large areas of new fruit trees in the northwest of Vietnam were established primarily due to government incentives, but insufficient attention has been paid to markets. Increased fruit production has resulted in the domestic market becoming flooded with lower value fruit, and prices falling by up to 50% in 2022. This situation means some farmer returns are below the cost of production.
Previous ACIAR investments (AGB/?2009/?053 and AGB/?2014/?035) demonstrated that smallholder farmers from northwest Vietnam can improve their livelihoods by supplying modern retail outlets in Hanoi with VietGAP-certified vegetables. Vietnamese Good Agricultural Practices (VietGAP) criteria are set by Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and guide farmers in safe production, product quality and environmental protection, ensure social welfare for producers and consumers, and provide traceability of produce.
Modern retail markets require VietGAP certification, providing higher value market opportunities for smallholder farmers. The widespread adoption of smart phones and digital tools in Vietnam, and elsewhere, provides an opportunity to digitally collect crop and supply chain data, and combine this with GPS-based traceability data to comply with VietGAP requirements.
