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This collection contains the field datasets and associated documents from the ACIAR and IDRC funded project CS/2020/209, "Food loss in the Pangasius Catfish Value Chain of the Mekong River Basin", conducted in Vietnam, Cambodia and Lao PDR. The project assessed where and why food loss occurs in pangasius catfish value chains, from broodstock, hatchery and fingerling production through grow-out, transport, processing and retail, and identified interventions that different actors could realistically adopt.
The field data include household and enterprise surveys, semi-structured interviews and post-harvest loss assessments, gender-focused surveys, interviews and focus group discussions, and strategic foresight and stakeholder workshop records. In Vietnam, surveys covered broodstock, fingerling and grow-out households, processing plants, retailers and transporters in An Giang, Dong Thap, Vinh Long and Can Tho, with a gender study of 61 fingerling-household interviews (July to October 2025). In Cambodia, a household survey of 122 grow-out farmers and an exploratory gender survey of fish farmers and processors were conducted in Kampong Chhnang, Kandal and Prey Veng provinces. In Lao PDR, interviews with input providers, farmers and traders, 23 post-harvest loss assessments, processor interviews, focus groups and a consumer survey were conducted in Champasak and Vientiane provinces. Foresight workshops were held in An Giang and Kampong Chhnang (September 2024) and Champasak (January 2025), and a stakeholder workshop was held in An Giang on 5 May 2026.
The associated documents include the country value chain reports, gender and foresight reports, regional Solution Space analyses, the Synthesis Report, the Final Report, monitoring and evaluation reports, survey instruments and workshop materials.
Each country team used methods suited to local data, so loss measures differ by country and should not be compared across countries. Data collection was approved by the University of New England Human Research Ethics Committee (approval HE23-003). Individual-level data have been de-identified. [2022-2026] |
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