Card Project Progress Report: Investigation of rice kernel cracking and its control in the field and during post-harvest processes in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam " MS7 ppt

Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development

Project Progress Report


MS7: Farmer and Extension Worker Training Manuals and extension material




Investigation of rice kernel cracking and its control in the field and during post-harvest
processes in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam


026/VIE05




Dec 2007





NONG LAM UNIVERSITY


1. Institute Information
Project Name

Investigation of rice kernel cracking
and its control in the field and during
post-harvest processes in the Mekong
Delta of Vietnam
Vietnamese Institution
Nong Lam University
Vietnamese Project Team Leader
Dr Vinh Truong
Australian Organisation
The University of Queensland
Australian Personnel
Associate Professor Bhesh Bhandari
Professor Shu Fukai
Date commenced
April 2006
Completion date (original)
March 2009
Completion date (revised)
April 2009
Reporting period
6 months

Contact Officer(s)
In Australia: Team Leader
Name: Bhesh Bhandari

Telephone: +61733469192

Position: Associate Professor

Fax:+61733651177

Organisation: The University of
Queensland

Email:


In Australia: Administrative contact
Name: Mr Kerry Johnston

Telephone:
+61 7 3365 7493

Position: Research support officer

Fax:
+61 7 33658383

Organisation: The University of
Queensland
Email:


In Vietnam
Name: Vinh Truong

Telephone:
84-8-7242527

Position: Head, Department
of Chemical Engineering

Fax:
84-8-8960713

Organisation: Nong Lam
University

Email:







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OUTLINE OF REPORT



This report addresses the following milestone requirements:
• Training manuals for extension workers and farmers in English and Vietnamese
• Extension pamphlets and posters

Please note that not all the contents have been translated in English. Only the
essential information of training manuals and contents are presented in English.
This is due to the limit of resources and time and actual usefulness of translation of
full documents in English.


The report is divided into 3 sections:

1. Summary of the training activities and documents used for the training program
from February to September-2007. Attached appendices 1 to 4 are the training
reports, 5 to 7 are the training documents.
2. Brief details on the workshop organised in the year 2006. Only the table of
contents and summary of the workshop have been translated in English. The full
contents of the workshop in Vietnamese is attached in the Appendix (please note
that it was time consuming to translate all into English).
3. Brief details on the workshop organised in the year 2007. Only the table of
contents and summary of the workshop have been translated in English. The full
contents of the workshop in Vietnamese is attached in the Appendix (please note
that it was time consuming to translate all into English).


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Nong Lam University Ho Chi Minh city CARD Project 026/VIE05




FARMERS AND EXTENSION WORKERS
TRAINING 2007

Summary of the training activities and documents used
in the training program from February to September-
2007


(Copy of original Vietnamese version is attached)






Project:

INVESTIGATION OF RICE KERNEL CRACKING
AND ITS CONTROL IN THE FIELD AND DURING
POST-HARVEST PROCESSES IN THE MEKONG
DELTA OF VIETNAM

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NONG LAM UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF
QUEENSLAND


I. TRAINING ACTIVITIES


The 8 sessions of one day training program were organised in 8 districts of two
provinces (Kien Giang and Can Tho) in February (dry season) and September (wet
season) 2007. The participants were farmers and extension workers.

1.1 Training program:

The training program consisted of three sections: teaching lessons, demonstration
of the dryers and harvesters in the field.
♣ Teaching session: There were three lessons- harvesting time, harvesting
method and drying technique.
♣ Demonstration of the dryer: This demonstration was carried out with the
real wet paddy on each day of training. During the run, air reversible
method was demonstrated to the participants. Discussion was carried out
during and after the drying run.
♣ Demonstration of the harvester: This activity was carried out in the field
with the real rice. Discussion about quality, capacity as well as economic
aspects was carried out after harvesting demonstration.

1.2 Organization:

The university and coordinator of the project sent a letter to the provincial
extension center to inform about the training program including time, place,

number of farmers and extension workers. The provincial extension center sent the
invitation letter to each participant following the conditions as mentioned in the
project.

The training lessons were held in the meeting hall of the district or commune. The
training document prepared by Nong Lam University was provided to each
participant. After lessons, the participants were transported to the site by bus for
the demonstration session.

1.3 Organisation committee and teaching staff:
The training section was organised in collaboration with Provincial Extension
Centers where the training program was held. The members of organisation
committee are shown in the Table 1. The teaching staff (trainers) from Nong Lam
University involved in the training session is also shown in Table 2.

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Table 1: Organisation committee of the training section
No Full name Organization Responsibility
1 Dr. Trương Vĩnh
Nong Lam University
Chair
2
Director of the provincial
extension center
Extension Center of the
province
Deputy chair
3 Ms. Đinh thị Minh Hiếu
Nong Lam University

Secretary
4 Ms. Lê Hồng Phượng
Nong Lam University
Member
5 Ms. Mai Hùynh Cang
Nong Lam University
Member

Table 2: The teaching staff (trainers) involved in the training section
No Full name Organization
1 Dr. Trương Vĩnh
Nong Lam University
2 Dr. Phan Hieu Hien
Nong Lam University
3 Mr. Tran van Khanh
Nong Lam University
4 Mr. Nguyen Duy Lam
Nong Lam University
5 Mr. Nguyen Thanh Nghi
Nong Lam University


1.4 Training venue and number of participants:

1.4.1 The dry season (February-March 2007):

We organised one day training program in February 2007 in two different
districts in Kien Giang province. Total of 313 farmers and 25 extension workers
were trained as shown in Table 3.

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Table 3: Summary of the number of participants trained in February 2007
Province District Date Number of
farmers trained
Number of
officers/extension
workers
1. Kien Giang


Tan Hiep
Giong Rieng
25/02/2007
26/02/2007

124
189
10
15
Total 313 25


1.4.2 The wet season (July – September 2007):

During the three months of wet season (July to September 2007), the project organised the
training program in two places, Tan Hiep district of Kien Giang province and Phong Dien
district of Can Tho province. In this season, 1035 farmers and 79 extension workers from
6 districts were trained (as shown in Table 4).

Table 3: Summary of the number of participants
Province District Date Number of
farmers trained
Number of
officers/extension
workers
1. Kien Giang


2. Can Tho
Chau Thanh
Hon Dat

Phong Dien
Co Do
Thot Not
Vinh Thanh
28/7/2007
29/7/2009

22/9/2007
23/9/2007
29/9/2007
30/9/2007
181
178

195

139
165
167
10
12

12
12
15
18
Total 1035 79


Thus, from Feb 2007 to Sept. 2007, the number of farmers trained was 1348. This number
is higher than the targeted number of farmers to be trained in the project.


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II. THE TRAINING DOCUMENT


The training documents were updated and improved time by time with more
information in the later training series. They are shown in the Appendices of this
report.


III. APPENDICES

# The appendices 1, 2, 3, and 4 are the summaries of the training activities for the

training series Feb/07, July/07, 22-23Sep/07 and 29-30Sep/07, such as the pictures
of the farmers in the training lesson hall and in the demonstration places. The
subscripts V and E are for Vietnamese and English, respectively.

# The appendices 5, 6, and 7 are the summaries of the training documents for
Sep/07 for the harvesting time, the harvesting method and the drying, respectively.





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