Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and CGIAR co-hosted a forum dubbed ‘Research and innovation for enhanced environmental sustainability, low-emission agriculture, climate change adaptation and mitigation’ at Pan Pacific Hotel in Hanoi on 28 November 2022. The event shared knowledge on sustainable agriculture from programs and projects in Vietnam and other countries as part of efforts to fight climate change. Continue reading
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Press clippings – Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture – CGIAR coordination meeting 2021
Clippings of key national print and online newspapers on the coordination meeting between the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam (MARD) and CGIAR which took place on 10 December 2021. Continue reading
CGIAR strengthens partnerships and research with the Ministry of Agriculture for sustainable agricultural development in Vietnam
Today,10 December 2021, CGIAR, the global largest agriculture innovation network, convened a coordination meeting with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam (MARD). The meeting was chaired by Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh and Jean Balie, regional director of One CGIAR in Southeast Asia and the Pacific to review the relationship between MARD and CGIAR and discuss ways to further improve collaboration for sustainable agricultural development in Vietnam. Continue reading
CGIAR to support Vietnam’s national program for rural development under new agreement
Nine CGIAR centres in Vietnam and the country’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) have signed an agreement that will see CGIAR support the National Target Program on New Rural Development (NTP-NRD). Continue reading
Drug resistance could make 28 million people poor
About 28 million people could fall into extreme poverty by 2050 if high antimicrobial resistance is not addressed, a meeting that held in Kenya last month (21-22 February) to launch the CGIAR Antimicrobial Resistance Hub has heard. Continue reading
ILRI joins first CGIAR and MARD’s coordination meeting on enhancing agricultural research partnerships
Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and CGIAR recently evaluated on-going research by CGIAR centres in the country and developed plans for further collaboration in agricultural research for development. Continue reading
Open letter to the heads of state attending the 70th UN General Assembly, September 2015, New York
Originally posted on ILRI news:
Figure of a woman, pre-dynastic Egypt, 3500–3400 BCE (Brooklyn Museum). Co-advancement of Agricultural and Natural Resource Management within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals ¶ The 17 global goals which you have supported the creation of are an unrivalled span of human aspiration covering everything from sharing prosperity, to protecting…
Vietnam and Laos-based project on climate-sensitive diseases holds planning workshop in Hanoi
The ‘Surveillance and early-warning systems for climate-sensitive diseases in Vietnam and Laos,’ or Pestforecast project team recently held its second planning workshop on 19-21 March 2015 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Continue reading
Beyond the (agricultural) field of vision: Situational analysis in northwest Vietnam
The International Livestock Research Institute in collaboration with CGIAR and national partners, and as part of the Humidtropics CGIAR Research Program, has released ‘A situational analysis of agricultural production and marketing and natural resources management systems in northwest Vietnam,’ to l guide future activities of the Humidtropics program. Continue reading