Analysis of catfish value chain in Tien Giang province

Abstract

The research results on the catfish value chain of Tien Giang province show that there were five market channels, of which, the export market channel occupied 94.14% and the domestic market channel took a share of 5.86%. The analysis shows that catfish farming households achieved high economic efficiency, but processing and retail businesses were the actors who gained the largest added value. Enterprises played an important role in controlling the activities of other actors such as households and middlemen in the chain. The division of benefits among the actors was not reasonable, most of the profits belonged to the commercial stage. The research results suggest several solutions to improve the catfish value chain in Tien Giang province such as improving product quality, strengthening cooperation between actors, especially between businesses and households, building brand and market development for the chain.