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ACIAR VIETNAM PROGRAM
StrategyACIAR's Vietnam program strategy emphasises research to assist the enhancement
of farm incomes through crop diversification within farming systems and of
exports through the improvement of the quality of supported by research on
policy frameworks and market chain incentives in underpinning agricultural
development. The program also addresses the importance of fisheries in nutrition
and export growth., along with the need for establishment of technology for
reforestation and economic management of forestry plantations.
Position
- ACIAR's program in Vietnam commenced in 1993, and that time a significant
program in forestry, land and water resources, animal science, crop
sciences, fisheries and post-harvest has emerged. While training remains very
importance there has been an evolution from a predominant emphasis on
capacity building to one of practice farmer and policy impact.
- Some successes include improvements to rice-shrimp farming, integration of
mangrove forestry and shrimp production, improvement to inland fisheries,
rat control, fast-growing acacias, introduction of improved Leucaena for
animal fodder, better irrigation management and control of citrus pests.
Many of the technologies arising from these projects are being applied and
capacity developed in R&D and extension through the AusAID CARD program.
- Several new projects focus on extension or adaptation of outputs from
earlier ACIAR projects in Vietnam and elsewhere in the religion.
Nevertheless considerable efforts are still under way to train scientists
and to build up research institutions.
ACIAR has a program of consultations with partner countries
on a four-year rolling basis to establish priorities research collaboration. The
most recent such consultation with Vietnam was held in March 2000; the
full record of consultation is at www.aciar.gov.au/projects/priorities/Vietnam.doc.
During 2003/04. New projects will be considered in the areas of Agricultural
economics and development policy, animal sciences, crop protection and post
harvest technology, fisheries and forestry. At the March 2000 consultation,
the research issues below were given priority and the current portfolio of
projects largely reflects this emphasis:
Agricultural Economics and Development policy
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Analysis of options for rural institutional arrangements,
including transition of cooperatives, rural credit policies, efficiency of
state-owned enterprises
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Natural resource policy and institutional development
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Marketing systems research for primary products
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Tailoring extension network to farmers' needs (use of market
information, evaluation of the effectiveness of extension activities)
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Establishing criteria for modernisation, water pricing strategies
Animal Sciences
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Increase the emphasis on delivery of
practical tools to smallhoder farmers
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Efficient small-holder pig production systems
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Smallholder beef production systems with an emphasis on feed
supply
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Management of infectious diseases in poultry
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Waste management from semi-intensive pig and poultry production
Crop Protection
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Fruit tree protection-fruit fly management,
citrus greening,
disease resistance
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Alternatives to chemicals for pest control
Peri-urban agriculture
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Application of biotechnology
Fisheries
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Aquaculture production
including hatchery and culture technologies for new, high-value species
(seed quality, brood-stock maturation, effluent management, low cost feeds)
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Increased productivity of
reservoirs and integrated aquaculture systems
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Management of island and
coastal fisheries, resource-habitat linkages
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Disease management and
environmental control in pre-processing
Forestry
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Domestication and breeding of
tree species for plantation and agro-forestry systems
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Sustainable and productive
management of industrial plantations
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Rehabilitation of degraded
native forests for multiple community uses
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Processing and utilisation of
wood, including small-scale processing, wood preservation, sawing
technology, wood composites
Post-harvest Technology
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Management of pests of stored
grain
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Post-harvest systems for
quality improvement in coffee
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Production and supply chain
interventions to improve the marketability of fruit and vegetables
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Development of minimal
processing technologies for agricultural products
Key program managers
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Dr Ray Trewin, Agricultural
Development Policy
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Dr Bill Winter, Animal Sciences 2
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Dr Paul Ferrar, Crop Sciences 2
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Dr Barney Smith, Fisheries
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Dr John Fryer, Forestry
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Dr Greg Johnson, Post-harvest
Technology
Active projects in Vietnam 2003
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Project ADP/1997/092:
Impacts of alternative policy options on the agricultural sector in Vietnam
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Project AS1/1998/036:
Management of rodent pests in rice based farming systems
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Project AS2/1998/090: CD-Rom
development: efficient pig management in tropical Asia
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Project AS2/2001/029:
Development of a knowledge system for the selection of forages for farming
systems in the tropics
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Project CTE/2000/165:
Facilitating farmer uptake of ACIAR project results: World Vision
collaboration program
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Project Cs1/1995/130:
Soybean variety adaptation and improvement in Vietnam and Australia
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Project CS1/1998/061:
Coconut tissue culture for clonal propagation and safe germplasm exchange
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Project CS1/2001/027:
Adaptation of low-chill temperate fruits to Australia, Thailand, Laos and
Vietnam.
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Project CS2/1997/079:
Integrated control of mango insect pests using green ants as a key element
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Project CS2/1998/005:
Managing pest fruit flies to increase production of fruit and vegetable
crops in Vietnam
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ProjectCS2/2000/018:
Bioherbicide development for cereals in integrated weed management
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Project CS2/1998/043:
Huanglongbing management for Indonesia, Vietnam and Australia
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Project FIS/1999/076:
Development of Leading Centres for mud crab culture in Indonesia and Vietnam
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Project FIS/2001/013:
Culture-based and capture fisheries development and management in reservoirs
in Vietnam
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Project FST/1994/019:
Genetic diversity and propagation of mangroves
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Project FST/1996/005:
Development of domestication strategies for commercially important species
of Meliaceae
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Project FST/1997/024: Insect
resistance and silvicultural control of the shoot borer, Hypsopyla robusta,
feeding in species of Meliaceae in Southeast Asia and Australia
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Project FST/1998/096:
Domestication of Australian trees for reforestation and agro-forestry
systems in developing countries
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Project FST/2000/003: Mixed
species plantations of high-value trees for timber production and enhanced
community services in Vietnam and Australia
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Project
LWR1/1998/034: System-wide water management in publicly managed irrigation
schemes in Vietnam
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Project
LWR1/1998/119: Impact of heavy metals on sustainability of fertilisation and
waste recycling in Peri-urban and intensive agriculture in south-east Asia
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Project
PHT/1993/877: Low cost disinfestations systems for fruit
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Project PHT
1995/134: Management of Phytophthora diseases of durian
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Project
PHT/1996/004: Monitoring mycotoxins and pesticides in grain and food
production systems for risk management in Vietnam and Australia
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Project
PHT/1996/193: Survey of the presence and importance of Phytophthora in
Southeast Asia
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Project
PHT/1998/137: Integrating effective phosphine fumigation practices into
grain storage systems in China, Vietnam and Australia
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Project
AS1/1998/054: Poverty alleviation and food security through improving the
sweet potato-pig systems in Indonesia and Vietnam
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Project
CS1/2000/002: Development of advanced technologies for germplasm
conservation of tropical fruit species
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Project
CS2/1998/078: Sustainable integrated management of whiteflies as pests and
vectors of plant viruses in Asia
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Project
CS2/1999/007: Developing disease management capacity in Vietnam
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Project
LWR2/1999/003: Integrated nutrient management in tropical cropping
systems: Improved capabilities in modeling and recommendations
Pipeline Projects in Vietnam 2003-2004
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Project
ADP/2000/018: The economics of developing reservoir aquaculture in Vietnam
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Project
ADP/2001/066: Strengthening agricultural market information activities in
Vietnam
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Project
FIS/2001/058: Development of sustainable tropical spiny lobster aquaculture
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Project
FIS/2002/068: Improving feeds and feeding for small scale aquaculture in
Vietnam and Cambodia
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Project
FST/2003/002: Development and evaluation of sterile triploids and polyploid
breeding methodologies for commercial species of Acacia in Vietnam, South
Africa and Australia
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Project
FST/2001/021: Efficient sawing systems for small-diameter, high
growth-stress Eucalyptus logs in China, Vietnam and Australia
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Project
LWR1/2001/085: Utilising basic soil data for the sustainable management of
upland soils in Vietnam and Australia
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Project
LWR2/2002/035: Increasing the use of effective rhizobial inoculants for
legume crops in Vietnam and Australia
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Project
LWR2/2002/073: Efficient nutrient use in rice in Vietnam through
biofertiliser/fertiliser integration
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Project
CS1/2000/039: Impact of migration on women's roles and appropriate
technologies in Asian and Australia mixed farming systems
Website: http://www.aciar.gov.au
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