Food Safety Standards and Producers in Developing Countries: A Case of Shrimp Aquaculture

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H05179
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Suzuki Aya 東京大学, 大学院新領域創成科学研究科, 准教授 (20537138)
• Research Collaborator: Vu Hoang Nam Foreign Trade University, Associate Professor ; Tran Ngoc Hai Can Tho University, Professor ; Tran Minh Phu Can Tho University, Lecturer ; 李 根雨 東京大学, 大学院新領域創成科学研究科
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 食品安全規制 / 技術導入 / RCT / ミクロ計量経済学 / ターゲティング / ベトナム / エビ養殖

Outline of Final Research Achievements

While the exports of high-value agricultural commodities from developing countries to developed countries continue to grow, the rate of rejection at the ports of developed countries still remains high, unable to pass the quarantine. Taking a case of the shrimp aquaculture in Vietnam, we examined why producers in developing countries do not adopt the internationally-recognized so-called good practices. We conducted three randomized controlled trials (RCT) on 1) conducting a workshop on good practices to disseminate knowledge, 2) visualizing the true quality of shrimp based on laboratory tests, and 3) presenting possibilities of receiving price premium for shrimps of high-quality. Based on panel data regression analyses, we find that the price premium had the greatest effects. Further, we implemented an RCT on whether the targeting method of training participants affects the overall outcome of the training and found that simple random sampling method worked the best in our study.

Free Research Field

開発経済学