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Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development CARD Project Progress Report 021/06VIE

Reducing pesticide resides, improving yield, quality
and marketing of vegetables crops in Northern
Central Vietnam through improved varieties, GAP
principles and farmer focused training MS10
: Competency Assessment of Target
Beneficiaries
Wednesday, 4 August 2010


March 2010
Reporting period
Milestone achieved December 2009
Contact Officer(s)
In Australia: Team Leader
Name:
Assoc Prof. Gordon Rogers
Telephone:
+61 2 8627 1040
Position:
Project Leader
Fax:
+61 2 9544 3782
Organisation
AHR, Applied Horticultural Research
352, Biomedical Building,
1 Central Avenue,
Australian Technology Park, Eveleigh
N.S.W. 2015 Australia
Email: In Australia: Administrative contact
Name:
Lynn Christie
Telephone:
+61 2 9527 0826
Position:
Administrator
Fax:


Competency Assessment of Target Beneficiaries.

Deliverables

Objective measures (specific pre- and post training analysis) of change in awareness
and competency levels of research and extension workers, farmers and private sector
input suppliers and marketers) in

1. Potential and practices of improved vegetable production with low pesticide
use and observance of withholding periods

The level of safe vegetable production and farmer skills in the application of
pesticides, record keeping, modern agronomic techniques, marketing and postharvest
skills was low. Refer to the initial farmer survey report submitted with milestone 3.
By the completion of the project, farmer skills have improved significantly to the
point where they can now successfully grow and supply commercial quantities of
high-quality vegetable crops with pesticide residues below legal requirements for safe
human consumption.

Evidence will be presented in milestone 11 with the final pesticide residue and farmer
survey reports, however the capability of farmers to regularly supply 50 – 100 tonnes
of cabbage and watermelon to modern retail markets in Hanoi from the Nghe An
region is convincing evidence that project objectives have been achieved.
Photographs of successful crop production, harvesting, packaging and marketing are
included with this milestone report. Farmer Field School – theory session (Quynh Luong)



New 15 ha of vegetable production area Quynh Luong 2. Skills in post harvest handling and IPM (problem identification and
management options)

There has been a significant investment of project time in the development and
implementation of IPM and postharvest handling techniques.

Postharvest trials were conducted and reported by Mr Minh (FAVRI) in collaboration
with Dr Jenny Jobling, University of Sydney. Reports of the research and the training
program developed in postharvest have already been submitted to CARD in previous
milestone reports.

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An IPM program for watermelon production has been developed and implemented by
Tim Kimpton (AHR) in consultation with ASINCV staff and PPD staff in Vietnam.
Training was delivered (see training summary) and a detailed program is attached to
this milestone report. An IPM program for cabbage was developed early in the
project, through a study tour of ASINCV staff to Australia and consultation with PPD
staff in Vietnam. The cabbage IPM program is outlined in detail in the cabbage
VietGAP manual, already submitted to the CASRD office. IPM results in high quality watermelon crops at Hung Dong Cabbages packed in tradition cane baskets for transport to local markets


The ELISA unit did not go ahead - approved in milestone 2.

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Attachments

• Final workshop and GAP manual launch in Quynh Luong and Vinh - EN and
VNM.doc
• Final workshop and GAP manual launch program Hanoi - EN and VNM.doc
• Marketing Report March 2009 edited VNM.doc
• Marketing Report March 2009 EN.doc
• Project 021-06VIE Training Assessment EN.doc
• Project 021-06VIE Training Assessment VNM.doc
• Vegetable program from QL to Metro 2009 edited VN.doc
• Vegetable program from QL to Metro 2009 EN.doc
• Vietnam Watermelon Fungicide program (detailed) edited VNM.doc
• Vietnam Watermelon Fungicide program (detailed) EN.doc
• Vietnam Watermelon Fungicide program (detailed) EN.xls

Photographs
Hanoi workshop.JPG
Quynh Luu workshop.JPG
Vinh workshop.JPG