Nghiên cứu khoa học nông nghiệp " Result on training courses for goat raisers outside of CARD project " pot

Result on training courses for goat raisers outside of CARD project

1. Aims of training courses

Organize workshop/field day for local farmers to demonstrate the new technologies being implemented
on the selected farms (Year 1-2-3) with a view to spreading information about the new technologies for
improving goat production as widely as possible during the time of the project.

2. Objectives of training courses

There were 5 objectives done in the workshops:
1) The project activities/objective of the project/output of the project
2) Technologies on breeds and breeding systems for goats
3) Technologies on establish goat house and take care goats at different ages and physiology
stage
4) Technologies on: Diseases and method for preventing the goat diseases
5) Goat nutrition, feed resources and extending pasture for goats
6) Introduce the demonstration applied technical options on goat production improvement by
project


3. Methods used for training courses

The training materials were prepared and used for distribution to participating and other local farmers on
the technologies available and relevant to each farming system. The materials are now available from
GRRC for goat farmers in Centre. The training materials were modified according to experiences of local
practice and technologies tested during 2 and half years implemented the project for suitable and useful
to meet the particular needs of farmers in central Vietnam

Teacher groups are consultants from GRRC, local extension staffs (Mr. Vu in Thuan Bac, Mr. Sang in
Ninh Hai, Mr Hung and Mr. Cong in Tuy Phong, Mr. Kinh, Mrs. Bien and Mr. Cong in Bac Binh) and

Demonstration farmers of project had responded subjects to introduce to goat raisers.

Participatory Methods used for training courses in which methods in different subjects focused: Give a
lecture, Brain storming, Group discussions, farmer to farmer and field works with a schedule of the lecture
plan of 495 minutes as follow:

Time table Training
subjects
Outputs Implementing
methods
Responsibility of
the teachers and
participants
In the morning
07.30-07.45
Opening and
introduction of
the project
activities
Participants and local commune
understand about project and
what, why, How and time table
for training course
- Introduction of
teachers and
participants
- Speakers
Participants, Project
leader and
representative of

commune leader

07.45-08.40
Technologies
on breeds
and breeding
systems for
goats
Participants understood:
- The signification of precious
gens and what is breeding
program
- Technologies on (i) selection of
animals for breeding, (ii) mating
and technique for control mating
time, (iii) buck management, (iv)
Control kidding time, (v)
recording data on breeding

- Giving a lecture

- Brain storming
- Discussions
15’ for giving the
lecture by teacher
25’ for discussion on
the class
15’ for summary of
the discussion and
results of the subject

08.40-08.50
Tea break

08.50-09.45
Technologies
on establish
goat house
and take care
goats at
different ages
and
physiology
stage
Participants understood:
- The signification of goat house
shed and take care animals
- Technologies on (i) making
shed/goat house, (ii) How to
take care young kids, (iii)
pregnant does, (iv) lactating
does, (v) bucks rearing
- Giving a lecture

- Group discussion
15’ for giving the
lecture by teacher
25’ for group
discussion
15’ for summary of
the discussion and

results of the subject
09.45-09.55
Tea break

09.55-10.50
Technologies
on: Diseases
and method
for preventing
the goat
diseases
Participants understood:
- The goat diseases and
signification of preventing goat
diseases
- Relationship between
breeding, housing/shed and
taking care animal with goat
diseases
- Goat diseases happened in
local areas
- Technologies on (i) treating
each kind of diseases, (ii) How
to prevent goat diseases
- Vaccination and vaccine
procedure for goats
- Veterinary services for goat

- Giving a lecture

- Group discussion
manage by local
extensionists and
GRRC staffs
15’ for giving the
lecture by teacher
20’ for group
discussion
10’ for summary of
the discussion and
results of the subject
10.50-11.30
General
discussions
- Find out the problems have still
happened in goat system at the
local area
- Farmer solutions and advices
from technical groups
Open discussion in
the class
Recording the
opinions from
farmers

20’ for listing the
problems in goat
production of raisers
outside project

20’ summary the
discussion of 3
subjects

11.30- 14.00
Launch time and resting

14.00- 15.20
Goat nutrition,
feed
resources and
extending
pasture for
goats
For participant understood:
- Briefly about nutrition
requirements of goats
- Feeds available for goat in the
local area at present time
- Significances of planting
pasture for goats
- Pasture varieties are suitable in
the local area for feeding goats
- How to planting these varieties
in intensive system
- How to processing pasture, by-
products for feeding in dry/winter
season

- Giving a lecture

- Group discussion
manage by local
extensionists and
GRRC staffs
15’ for giving a
lecture


25’ for group
discussion

25’ for representative
of each participant
group

15’ for summary of
lecture and
discussions
15.20-15.45
Travel to goat demonstration of project established at the commune

15.45-16.15
Visiting and
learning from
farmers at
demonstration
Participants directly seeing and
hearing from the host of

demonstration
- Answer the questions from
participants by key farmers and
-The host of
demonstration
introduce their
activities
- Take participants to
15’ for speaker by
host demonstration
60’ for seeing and
discussing
15’ for conclusions of
teacher staffs
- Link discussions between
farmer inside and outside project
for agreed on success or
limitation of the project activities
see each activities of
the project
- Open discussion

the workshop and
making plan for
supporting and
delivery pasture
seeds/planting
materials from
project to
participants out side

project
Allowances
Launch and travel for participants to the demonstration and some participants live far
from training commune (including some communes in the district)
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4. Time, training places, field visiting and number of participants

Training days Training places
Demonstration for
field visiting
No of
participants
Invited
At Ninh Thuan province
4/6 /2008
Xuan Hai, Ninh Hai
Le Van Hoa
Nong Quoc Hung
36
5/6 /2008
Cong Hai, Thuan Bac Nguyen Huu Đuc 37
At Binh Thuan province
7/6 /2008
Vinh Hao, Tuy Phong Tran Van Long 33
9/6 /2008
Binh Tan, Bac Binh
Tran Xuan lang
Tran Man
32

At Lam Dong province
11/6/2008
Da Loan, Duc Trong Hoang Xuan Lung 27


5. Results of training courses

 Time schedule is corrected with lecture planed
 The local staffs took part in during running the training courses
 List of participants in each site of training course is shown in Table 1


CD Appendix 11. Review of outcomes of workshops held in Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan and Lam
Dong provinces (June 4-11 2008)

Review of activities During this visit to Vietnam, the final 5 farmer workshops were held in Ninh
Thuan (Communes Xuan Hai, Cong Hai), Binh Thuan (communes Vinh Hao, Binh Tan) and Lam
Dong (commune La Loan). 35 participants were invited to each workshop, and were provided with
writing materials and 4 sets of technical notes on the topics of the workshop. Each participant was
given D100,000 (A$6.25) to cover the days expenses (travel, lunch). While half of the invitees were
women, many less women came. All participants were expected to attend a field demonstration of the
techniques described in the morning lecture sessions.

Xuan Hai Workshop, Xuan Hai Commune, Ninh Hai, Ninh Thuan
This workshop was run on 3
rd
June 2008 at the Xuan Hai Commune hall, starting 8 am, and
finishing with a demonstration on Mr Thanh and Mr Duc farm nearby. Little interest was shown in any
of the innovations there, and little discussion was evoked.

The Workshop advertisements Mr Thanh in action Visiting Mr Khac Thanhs farm

Cong Hai Workshop, Cong Hai Commune, Thuan Bac, Ninh Thuan
This workshop was run on 5
th
June 2008 at the Cong Hai Commune hall, starting at 8 am, and
finshing with a demonstration on Mr Hoa’s farm. Mr Hoa proved to be an enthusiastic and informed
instructor for the workshop group.




Group photo of Cong Hai farmers Local farmer asking question Mr Hoa performs


Vinh Hao Workshop, Vinh Hao Commune, Tuy Phong, Binh Thuan
This workshop was run on 7
th
June 2008 at the Vinh Hao Commune hall, starting at 8 am and
finishing after a visit to Mr Lang’s farm for a demonstration of the practises decribed in the morning
lectures.


Mr Vinh giving his lectures Questions from the group Silage making at Mr Langs farm

Binh Tan Workshop, Binh Tan Commune, Bac Binh, Binh Thuan
This workshop was run on 9
th

June 2008 at the Binh Tan Commune hall, starting at 8 am and
finishing also after a visit to Mr Lang’s farm for a demonstration of the practises decribed in the
morning lectures. Unfortunately, the electricity was off all day making the presentations more difficult,
and discussion groups were held mostly outside.



The Workshop Sign Outside tuition Silage making at Mr Lang’s farm

Da Loan Workshop, Da Loan Commune, Duc Trong, Lam Dong
This workshop was run on 11
th
June 2008 at the Da Loan Commune hall, starting at 8 am with
lectures up to lunchtime. Unfortunately it rained heavily this afternoon making roads impassable and
not possible to travel to Mr Lung farm where the demonstration was to be held in the afternoon.
Consequently there was no demonstration component to this workshop.


F
armer group, Da Loan workshop Mr Hung, V-D, DARD opens workshop Kids at Mr Lung’s farm

Plan of Action The outcomes of these workshops are not clear, and there appeared to be no
evaluation of the teams efforts, nor much input from our trained officers. There are no other
workshops planned for project funding. It was suggested that there is perhaps a need for more
advanced level workshops to train more specialist goat advisors in each area, but because goats are a
“new” industry, it seems that only limited resources will be provided by the Provinicial Authorities
for such further training. It is hoped that perhaps all trained DARD officers will attend the final
regional workshop and make a contribution to either discussion or present papers on any observations
that they may have made during the time of the project in their areas. The extent to which farmers
attending these workshops adopt the technologies proposed will be evaluated from a survey to be

conducted amongst them in December 2008.