Title of document: Rice-Duck Farming In Vietnam

Authors: INO Mayu

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Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: Seed to Table

Year of publication: 2016

Geographic focus: Vietnam

Main issues / topics addressed (for example: What is Rice-Duck Farming?, Rice-Duck farming has been applied by farmers in many provinces of Vietnam……)

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Summary:

A Japanese farmer, Mr. Takao Furuno, got idea from traditional Asian farming and systematized the method of ‘Rice - Duck Farming’ in early 1990s, Farmers can grow paddies and ducks at the same time in the paddy field and this  is low cost, environmental friendly and labor-saving farming system and very suitable for small-scale and poor farmers

Presentation for Workshop on Agroecological Transition in Vietnam,  5th & 6th of May 2016, Hanoi, Vietnam