This study is aim to address gender issues in red tilapia cage culture in Vietnam. Secondary data was collected from Tien Giang?s DARD and related current studies. Focus Group Discussion was implemented with target farmers and local fishery managers. Primary data was carried out through direct interview red tilapia famers in Tien Giang province through semi-intrusion questionnaires. Quantitative and qualitative analysis methods were applied by using SPSS software. This study focused on grow-out actor in the value chain of tilapia commodity. Tilapia seed, feed and chemicals were the input of grow-out actor. Fish production was sold through middleman, wholesaler, domestic markets or processing plant. Men played important role and women involved temporarily in the input actors. Women played main role in saving of grow-out culture, selling and buying in middlemen, wholesalers, domestic markets and being main labours in processing plants. In the grow-out cages culture, men played main role and women in charged in financial monitoring (43% households-HHs), house work (83.3% HHs), cage preparation, fish classification, feeding fish health care, harvesting and sale, price negotiation and spending decisions. Women played main role in HH?s income distribution. In terms of technical and financial indicators, cage volume was 100 m-3. Pellet feed was used and FCR was 2.0. Stocking density (282 ind.m-3), yield (7.7 tonnes cage-1) and benefit (VND 73.2 mil.cage-1 crop-1) were high. Harvest size were and 459 g.ind-1. Total production cost was VND 242 mil.cage-1 crop?1. Selling price was VND 41.1 thousand kg-1 fish. Women need to be trained in tilapia culture technique and improved empower.
Tạp chí: 2014 Machining, Materials and Mechanical Technologies (IC3MT), NTUH International Convention Center, Taipei, Taiwan. 31 August to 5 September, 2014
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