ACIAR in Vietnam

In the January 2012 issue of 'ACIAR in Vietnam' read about projects that are benefitting farmers growing a range of products - indigenous and counterseasonal vegetables, rice, maize, temperate fruit such as persimmon, beef cattle, and oysters.

The issue, available in English and Vietnamese, includes stories about:

• The Australian Ambassador's meeting with farmers in Son La province
• A visit by new ACIAR Agribusines Research Program Manager Dr Rodd Dyer
• The 50th anniversary of the Forest Science Institute of Vietnam
• An oyster farmer building his family's income through their new enterprise
• Rice farmers to adapt to climate change using salt & flood resistant varieties
• Helping ethnic minorities increase beef cattle production
• Research showing doubling and tripling crop yields on sandy soils possible
• Building closer ties between farmer groups and vegetable markets