Báo cáo nghiên cứu nông nghiệp Supply Chains Defined

The major aims of this project centred around building capacity in protected croppingsystems, trialling these systems with tomatoes and cucumbers in Vietnam andintroducing farmers and other supply chain partners to these systems. As such, theemphasis was never intended to be on improving supply chains, merely examiningcurrent vegetable supply chains and determining the major problems. This milestonewas added to the project after the original design and in-fact was extracted fromanother CARD project and added into this project. Despite this being only a minorcomponent of this project the research team has attempted to address this milestone....
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Báo cáo nghiên cứu nông nghiệp " Supply Chains Defined " CARD 004/04VIE Report Milestone 4: Supply Chains DefinedDeliverables: • Methodology, analytical techniques and training material for supply chain analysis and development • Key issues and options for improved supply chain management of selected vegetables • Supply Chain maps for at least 2 vegetable crops • Supply Chain training needs analysis and strategy and timetable for training programThe major aims of this project centred around building capacity in protected croppingsystems, trialling these systems with tomatoes and cucumbers in Vietnam andintroducing farmers and other supply chain partners to these systems. As such, theemphasis was never intended to be on improving supply chains, merely examiningcurrent vegetable supply chains and determining the major problems. This milestonewas added to the project after the original design and in-fact was extracted fromanother CARD project and added into this project. Despite this being only a minorcomponent of this project the research team has attempted to address this milestone.Supply Chain TrainingThe Australian training component included training specifically in supply chainmapping and quality assurance systems. Dr Newman introduced the concept ofsupply chain mapping, described the methodology and then as a training exercise theteam mapped out typical vegetable supply chains in North, Central and SouthernVietnam. Part of Dr Newman’s workshop presentation in Vietnam also included asection on supply chain mapping and this generated considerable discussion andquestions particularly at the Hanoi workshop. The concept of supply chain mappingis a relatively new concept to our production focussed Vietnamese partners, butthrough the training courses they now have an understanding of the process and withfurther guidance should be able to utilise this in future projects and activities.Joseph Ekman, NSW DPI Quality Assurance Officer provided study tour participantswith 1-2 days of training in the Australian Quality Assurance program - ‘Fresh Care’.Mr Ekman is one of the developers of this QA system and regularly provides trainingto farmers in ‘Fresh Care’ to enable them to implement their QA system. Mr Ekmanprovided Vietnamese study tour participants with a condensed version of this courseusing ‘Fresh Care’ training materials. Time was also provided for trainingparticipants to ask questions and for discussion on how such a system may beimplemented in Vietnam. As one of the reviewers for ASEAN GAP, Mr Ekman wasable to demonstrate clearly to participants what they needed to do to achieve thisstandard in Vietnam. Part of the training also included field visits where Mr Ekmanwas able to demonstrate the practical application of these systems and also theVietnamese team was able to ask farmers how they went about implementing such asystem. Mr Ekman’s workshop presentations in Vietnam were also focussed onquality assurance and how this might be implemented in a Vietnamese context.Supply Chain Study .In addition to the training activities above, two case studies were undertaken lookingat 2 supply chains: a) Mr Phong’s and his farmer group tomato supply chain b) Metro’s vegetable supply chainThe approach taken in these case studies was to: • Identify case studies (2) representative of typical supply chains • Map process flows from harvest to retail sales • Describe and document relationships as well as each process in the handling system • Identify key problems/issues in the handling systems • Identify potential solutions (modifications to the supply chain, training and extension etc.)Training in supply chain management is a key component of this project and whilstthe emphasis in this project is on providing training, the case studies used in this studywill provide Vietnamese project partners with the skills to adapt current vegetablesupply chains.SUPPLY CHAIN 1:TOMATOES AND TOMATO SEEDLINGS Mr Nguyen HongPhong, Vegetable farmer and seedling producer, Duc Trong, Lam Dong Province Photo 1 Mr Phong and his greenhouse operationMr Phong’s farm is located in Duc Trong in Lam Dong Province. Throughout thecourse of this project he has been a key collaborator and ‘farmer champion’. Hisbusiness supplies seedlings to many of the vegetable farms in Lam Dong. To gain abetter understanding of both the seedling and vegetable supply chains in Lam Dongprovince the research team interviewed Mr Phong on the 1st October 2006. A fullscript of the interview can be found in Appendix 1.Mr Phong has 4 ha available for field vegetable production. He grows 1 crop oftomatoes per year and utilises both field and greenhouse space for this crop. His crop Fig 1 Tomato Supply Chain Process Maps ...