Supply Chain Management of the commercial Bandicoots rats’ farms in Uthai Thani province

Abstract

At present, there is the growth of new economic animals that may be a source of local consumption or the needs of a specific group of consumers. Searching a supplementary occupation to generate income is therefore one of the ways of the people. Livestock farming has therefore become one of the ways that people choose as a side occupation which especially animals that have a specific consumer group, such as Bandicoots rats. The Bandicoots rats are animals that farmers foresee the increasing demand for consumption and farming made easy relatively low investment but could generate income. The purpose of this research is to 1) establish a supply chain management model for the commercial Bandicoots rats’ farms in Uthai Thani province, that transfer knowledge model is applied to the supply chain management practice of commercial Bandicoots rats.

The study found that 1) the management Bandicoots rats farms was a small enterprise with only one owner. The average production was 0.82 kilograms per 1 animal during the 4 months feeding period, they grew up in cement pone house. The average variable cost of production is 68.74 baht per 1 kg of fresh meat products. Activities under the commercial Bandicoots rats farming supply chain range from procurement of factors of production, farming, marketing to consumers which were continuity and mainly linked by farmers. According to the analysis of the value chain of commercial Bandicoots rats’ farms in Uthai Thani province, it was found that Farmers are at high risk in the chain in many aspects such as management and operations because there is no environmental control, marketing risk because the consumer group is a specific group and farmers do not register their farms Including transportation risks due to the transport of breeders and breeders policy must be shared with the transportation of poultry. However, as farmers gather-together, the price of products can be determined. The main problem is that support activities have not been enough since technology controlled the house environment. Product quality inspection in order to encourage farmers to expand the number of agriculture and create income in the economy. the following activities should be supported to expand the livestock production channels to have a variety of alternatives.