Solutions for Enhancement of Actor Participation in Production and Marketing VietGap Vegetables in Hoa Binh Province

Although the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has issued a procedure of good agriculturalpractices (VietGAP) for vegetables and fruits, this procedure has been slowly adoptedfor different reasons, particularly, the difficulties of providing bylocal government’s of guidelines and implementation. As a result, VietGAP prodedure has merely been applied in some locations as agricultural demonstrations. One of the important reasons is thelack of actor participation. Most of the actors spontaneously participated in production and marketing of VietGAP vegetables. Thus, how to enhance these actors in VietGAP vegetable production and marketing in order to produce more safe products, to increase farmer’s income and to protect natural environment is a big question. Based on data and information collected in Hoa Binh province, this paper analyses influential factors and draws recommendations on enhancement of actor participation in VietGAP vegetableproduction and marketing in Hoa Binh.