The project is aimed at building a sustainable value chain in shrimp-rice production in order to minimize risk and increase income for single farmers, producer groups and small cooperatives in two districts of Hong Dan and Phuoc Long. This will then help to improve efficiency and share benefits from the value chain, consequently sustain the shrimp-rice production in Bac Lieu province.


Specific results would be:

1. Shrimp-rice producers have awareness raised and capacity enhanced in establishing, operating the shrimp-rice production value chain through communication and provision of training and counseling
2. The shrimp-rice production value chain has been developed in Bac Lieu province (surveys conducted in the project sites, capacity assessment implemented on participating entities, the model operated, M&E activities carried out)
3. Project activities and results have been communicated to farmers in the project location and neirboring areas for replication of succesful models.