Vietnam Country Profile
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IRRC: Vietnam 2011 Rice Situaon Our current acvies are focused on the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, but address the Red River Delta as well. The Mekong Delta has 19 million people and 2 million hectares of rice in 13 provinces. The Delta plays an important role to naonal food security with 50% of naonal rice produc- on and 90% of the exported rice. The poverty rate among rural households in the Delta is around 20%. Current Acvies An IRRC Country Outreach Program (ICOP) in An Giang is the focal acvity. The program was launched in 2009 as Mot Phai, Nam Giam or 1 Must Do (cerfied seed), 5 Reducons (ferlizer, inseccides, water usage, seed use, post harvest losses). The IRRC acvies in 2011 include: Expert advice and training in NRM technologies for • Mot Phai, Nam Giam Extension of • Mot Phai, Nam Giam model into 5 other Mekong provinces Input into development of good agricultural pracce • (GAP) for lowland rice Socio-economic studies of factors influencing adopon • of Mot Phai, Nam Giam, and collecon of data for assessing the impact of adopon Connuaon of a learning alliance on postproducon • technologies to support public and private stakeholders in developing and verifying business models and innovave extension methodologies. The current focus is on laser leveling and hermec storage. Develop and test market models linked to improved • postproducon technologies Assessment of problems in large-scale storage facilies • in the commercial sector Linking Vietnamese combine harvester manufacturers • with end users and the service sector in Cambodia Surveys in farmers’ fields of crop health problems; the • development of a strategic decision tool for prescrip- ons for crop health management RICE-PRE, a strategic Crop Health decision tool, tested • in farmers’ fields at 3 sites in the Red River Delta and 3 sites in the Mekong Delta Insect pest management using ecosystem engineering • Climate change affecng land use in the Mekong Delta: • adaptaon of rice-based cropping systems Outcomes and Impacts 1. In 2011, the An Giang best pracce model Mot Phai, Nam Giam was changed into the Agricultural Compeveness Project of the World Bank. 2. In 2010, the diffusion of ecologically based rodent management (EBRM) in the Mekong and Red River deltas led to an esmated 20,000 farmers adopng the technology. Aſter implemenng EBRM, rodent damage was reduced by 33–50%, rice yields were increased by 2–5%, and rodencide use was reduced by 62–90%. 3. Laser leveling was cerfied by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development as a technology that can be promoted through the extension system. 4. The impacts of rice diseases, pests, and weeds were characterized at 6 sites (3 sites in the Mekong Delta and 3 in the Red River Delta). Produced by the Irrigated Rice Research Consortium Coordination Unit Household Survey Data • An Giang ICOP-Baseline household data collected in October 2009 • Rodent management-Baseline household data collected April 2006; ex post data collected in April 2009 (An Giang and Ha Nam); data on diffusion and impact pathways collected in September 2009 (Ha Nam) • Household survey and adopon study on the alternate weng and drying (started in June 2011) Please see overpage.
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IRRC: Vietnam 2011
Rice SituationOur current activities are focused on the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, but address the Red River Delta as well. The Mekong Delta has 19 million people and 2 million hectares of rice in 13 provinces. The Delta plays an important role to national food security with 50% of national rice produc-tion and 90% of the exported rice. The poverty rate among rural households in the Delta is around 20%.
Current ActivitiesAn IRRC Country Outreach Program (ICOP) in An Giang is the focal activity. The program was launched in 2009 as Mot Phai, Nam Giam or 1 Must Do (certified seed), 5 Reductions (fertilizer, insecticides, water usage, seed use, post harvest losses).
The IRRC activities in 2011 include:Expert advice and training in NRM technologies for • Mot Phai, Nam GiamExtension of • Mot Phai, Nam Giam model into 5 other Mekong provincesInput into development of good agricultural practice • (GAP) for lowland rice Socio-economic studies of factors influencing adoption • of Mot Phai, Nam Giam, and collection of data for assessing the impact of adoptionContinuation of a learning alliance on postproduction • technologies to support public and private stakeholders in developing and verifying business models and innovative extension methodologies. The current focus is on laser leveling and hermetic storage.Develop and test market models linked to improved • postproduction technologiesAssessment of problems in large-scale storage facilities • in the commercial sectorLinking Vietnamese combine harvester manufacturers • with end users and the service sector in CambodiaSurveys in farmers’ fields of crop health problems; the • development of a strategic decision tool for prescrip-tions for crop health managementRICE-PRE, a strategic Crop Health decision tool, tested • in farmers’ fields at 3 sites in the Red River Delta and 3 sites in the Mekong Delta Insect pest management using ecosystem engineering• Climate change affecting land use in the Mekong Delta: • adaptation of rice-based cropping systems
Outcomes and Impacts1. In 2011, the An Giang best practice model Mot Phai, Nam Giam was changed into the Agricultural Competitiveness Project of the World Bank.
2. In 2010, the diffusion of ecologically based rodent management (EBRM) in the Mekong and Red River deltas led to an estimated 20,000 farmers adopting the technology. After implementing EBRM, rodent damage was reduced by 33–50%, rice yields were increased by 2–5%, and rodenticide use was reduced by 62–90%.
3. Laser leveling was certified by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development as a technology that can be promoted through the extension system.
4. The impacts of rice diseases, pests, and weeds were characterized at 6 sites (3 sites in the Mekong Delta and 3 in the Red River Delta).
Produced by the Irrigated Rice Research Consortium Coordination Unit
Household Survey Data• An Giang ICOP-Baseline household data collected in October 2009• Rodent management-Baseline household data collected April 2006; ex post data collected in April 2009 (An Giang and Ha Nam); data on diffusion and impact pathways collected in September 2009 (Ha Nam)• Household survey and adoption study on the alternate wetting and drying (started in June 2011)
Please see overpage.
IRRC: Vietnam 2011
Key Partner AgenciesMr. Pham Van Du, Deputy Director General, Department of Crop Production is on the IRRC Steering Committee and is a long time supporter of IRRI linkages.
Government InstitutionsCuu Long Delta Rice Research Institute Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARDs), provincial levelDepartment of Crop ProductionFood Crops Research InstituteInstitute of Agricultural Engineering & Post Harvest Technology, HanoiSouthern Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Postharvest Technology, HCMCInstitute for Agricultural Sciences in southern VietnamInstitute for Agricultural Sciences in northern VietnamNorth Regional Plant Protection Center, Plant Protection DepartmentSouthern Regional Plant Protection Center, Plant Protection DepartmentPlant Protection Research InstituteSoils and Fertilizers Research InstituteSouthern Institute for Water Resource PlanningVietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Civil Society OrganizationsWorld Vision
Private Sector CompaniesAn Giang Plant Protection Joint Stock CompanySyngenta
UniversitiesCan Tho UniversityNong Lam University, HCMCHanoi Agriculture UniversityHue University of Agriculture and Forestry
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For more informationContact person: Trina Leah Mendoza, Senior Communication SpecialistEmail: [email protected] site: www.irri.org/irrc
Key IRRI ScientistsMartin Gummert (postproduction)• KL Heong (insect pest management, ecosystem • engineering)Florencia Palis (IRRC NRM outreach, anthropology, • rodent management)Rubenito Lampayan (water management)• Al Schmidley (business models)• Serge Savary (crop health) • Grant Singleton (IRRC NRM outreach, GAP, rodent • management) Adam Sparks (crop health)•
Linkages to national initiatives and with other projects (and donors)
The development of GAP models—Viet GAP and Rice • GAP.
Three Reductions, Three Gains• standing committee for increasing sustainable rice production at a national level—this committee oversees the 1 Must Do, 5 Reductions initiative in An Giang.
Agricultural Competitiveness Project—Mekong Delta • provinces (World Bank)
Climate change affecting land use in the Mekong Delta: • adaptation of rice-based cropping systems (funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research)
Bringing about a Sustainable Agronomic Revolution in • Rice Production in Asia by Reducing Preventable Pre- and Postharvest Losses Project (funded by the Asian Development Bank)
PARA Poverty Alleviation in Rural Areas Project Ha Tinh • and Tra Vinh Provinces, GIZ
Characterizing and Managing Productivity Constraints • in Rice Production Systems (Scientific Know-how and Exchange Program – Syngenta)
