Abstract:
Small farmers sell their products at the farm gate to intermediaries, often at a low price.
However, innovations in marketing arrangements can transform market relations in favour of
smallholders, and producer organizations are well-positioned to take advantage of these new
approaches. Factor analysis was applied on twelve components of output markets in Haiduong
province. The results show that there are patterns that are observable in terms of access and use
of output market by fish farmers. The most commonly used output markets by aquaculture
farmers are wholesale fresh fish market, local fresh output market, and the best retail produce
markets. The study reveals that the factor of distance to the wholesale fresh fish markets is
decisive component to the market access for the fish producers. In addition, the best retail output
markets also provide an important market outlet for produce by aquaculture farmers. Moreover,
improving transportation system in the projected regions of aquaculture production as well as
rural areas will not only improve accessibility of external markets, but will also improve
accessibility of local output markets.
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