A Critical Analysis of the Value Chain in the Rice Industry and Its Effects on the Export Rice Industry in Kien Giang Province, Vietnam

Abstract

The study of a critical analysis of the value chain in the rice industry and its effects on the export rice industry in Kien Giang province, Vietnam conducted during the period from December 2012 to November2015. The research result showed that there were 450 persons who are rice exporters and farmers (412 processed and 48 missed) who to be interviewed and answered nearly 27 questions. The researcher had analyzed KMO test, the result of KMO analysis used for multiple regression analysis. The person responses measured through an adapted questionnaire on a 5-point Likert scale. Hard copy and interviewrice exporters and farmersby questionnaire distributed among rice exporters and farmers in KienGiang province. The regression analysis results showed that there were seven factors, which included of factors following: Development strategy; Control policy; Planning; Support policy; Rice seeds;Cultivation techniques andPost-harvest processingactually affected the export rice industry with 5 % significance level. The main objectives of this study were to to conduct a survey to find value chain that affecting the export rice industry in KienGiang province, to identify value chain that affected on the export rice industry in KienGiang province and to analyze and to test value chain that affected the export rice industry in KienGiang province.