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Vietnam pig project sustains impact

Publication Code: 
IAFS03
Publication Date: 
July 2009
ISBN: 
ISSN 1836 2443 (print) ISSN 1836 2451 (online)
Author(s): 
ACIAR
IAFS03 cover
 

Summary

A fact sheet on Impact Assessment Series 56 (IAS56) which looked at ACIAR's projects on pigs in Vietnam.

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    Development and implementation of genetic evaluation procedures for Vietnamese pig production based on mixed-model methodology
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    Breeding and feeding pigs in Australia and Vietnam
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    Breeding pigs for enhanced disease resistance in South East Asia
  • LPS/2002/079
    Utilisation of local ingredients in commercial feeds for pigs
  • AH/1998/054
    Poverty alleviation and food security through improving the sweet potato-pig systems in Indonesia
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  • Breeding and feeding pigs in Vietnam: assessment of capacity building and an update on impacts
    The study updates the estimates of the impact provided in IAS 17. It highlights two important issues. First, the total benefits from this research activity and subsequent follow-up activities have increased substantially, from a net present value of benefits of nearly $500 million to nearly $2.0 billion. This provides a benefit-to-cost return of over 250:1 and an internal rate of return of 74%. Second, the capacity building included as an important component of the original project has been crucial in sustaining and extending the impact of the research.