Food system transitions in Vietnam

The case of pork and vegetable networks

Bibliographic Data

ID6057769
AuthorsQuoc Nguyen-Minh (0000-0002-2717-4700), Heleen Prins (0000-0002-4978-1288), Peter Oosterveer (0000-0002-3067-3068), Inge D Brouwer (0000-0002-2554-7227), Raffaele Vignola (0000-0003-3483-5076)
Year2023
Volume47
Pages100716
Publication date2023-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironmental Innovation and Societal Transitions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2210-4224 • E-ISSN: 2210-4232
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.eist.2023.100716
OpenAlexW4323572490
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited72

Vietnamese food systems have experienced a transition process since the late 1980s Đổi mới reforms. This paper examines the historical and ongoing transitions of pork and vegetable networks, using the Multi-Level Perspective (MLP), the Multi-Pattern Approach (MPA) and insights from food systems research. Our findings show that there was a shift from collective and self-subsistent farming to commercial small-scale farming in the late 1980s, and a rapid institutionalisation of smallholders and wet markets in the early 1990s. We argue that the current slow transition of the smallholder food regime towards improved food safety and standardisation has been locked in by the strong alignments of actors, practices and cultural values that support small-scale, fragmented production and distribution. The study suggests that those practices, values, and the needs and interests of smallholder producers and food consumers should be carefully considered when implementing transition agendas toward food safety, security, and sustainability

Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Biology · Business · Economics · Food security · Food systems · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Chemistry · Environmental Science · Ecology · Food Science

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