Project Opening Workshop “River food systems from villagers’ perspectives in the mekong delta”

On March 27th 2015, WARECOD, MekongNet and Research Institute for Climate Change and the College of Aquaculture and Fisheries – Can Tho University joining hands in organizing  Project Opening Workshop: “River food systems from villagers’ perspectives in the Mekong Delta” at College of Environtment & Natural Resources - Can Tho University.

Attending the workshop were representatives of Can Tho city’s  Departments  (Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; Fisheries Department, Irrigation Department); in Bac Lieu province (Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; Department of exploitation and Protection of Fishery Resources; Irrigation Department); An Giang province (Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; Fisheries Department) and  Cờ Đỏ and Phong Điền districts authorities.

Besides sharing the research results carried out by both College of Aquaculture and Fisheries – Can Tho University and WARECOD in Mekong Delta during the conference, participants also listened to viewpoints shared by experts and representatives of Thai Baan research groups.


(1) Bac Lieu Women Union questioning Thai Baan methodology and emphasizing the importance of improving Women’s knowledge.

  (2) Dr. Tran Van Ha sharing the method and experiences in implementing research; emphasizing the strength and differences of Thai Baan method from other research.

 

 

(3) Dr. Mai Viet Van presenting a proposal of studying the importance of fisheries resources in Ca Mau


 

(4) Mr. Vo Thanh Trang – a representative of research group in Vam Nao, Tan Trung hamlet, Phu Tan district, An Giang province presenting Thai Baan research result

 

 (5) Mr Nguyen Trong Thuy - a representative from Dong Thang commune, Co Do district saying “With the participatory approaching, I highly appreciate the role and meaning of the project towards socioeconomic development and environmental protection in the current context of climate change. Local authorities will highly support to implement the project in the region”.



(6) Assistant Professor Le Anh Tuan – a representative of Mekongnet summarizing and evaluating the workshop’s results.

Reporter: Nguyen Khiem
Translator: Thanh Loan

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