Implication of the Food Retail Sector Development to the Small-scale Livestock Producers in Vietnam

By: Nerlita M. Manalili  and  Ma. Lucila A. Lapar

 Dynamic is the word that best describes the Asian food market, as it is fast changing face and structure. This market dynamism in the region is mirrored through the advent of borderless trade, mobility of factors of production highly aided by breakthroughs in information, communication and technology (ICT), new and better equipped market players (entry of modern retailers) who are seen coexisting with the still popular traditional retailers and the increasingly discriminating consumers who are becoming more and more health, safety and price conscious.

The market dynamism is attributed firstly to expanding income that brings about diversity in food demanded, from staples to high value food products such as fresh fruit and vegetables (FFV), meat and fish, among others and secondly to enhanced development in food sourcing and distribution through efficient driven supply chains and the growth and expansion of modern retail system.(Click the attachment below for the full paper)