INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP “Vietnam and France cooperation towards the development of sustainable agriculture for the Northern mountainous region of Vietnam”

On the occasion of the 45^th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Socialist Public of Vietnam and Republic of France (1973-2018) and the 100^th anniversary of establishment of the Phu Tho Agro-Forestry Research Institute (6/1918-2/2018), Vietnam Academy of Agriculture Science (VAAS) together with French Agriculture Research Center for International Development (CIRAD) and Northern Mountainous of Agriculture and Forestry Science Institute (NOMAFSI) have organized the workshop on “Vietnam –France cooperation towards the development of sustainable agriculture for the northern mountainous region of Vietnam” on  the 20^th of June with the objectives of reviewing the updated results and achievements of some collaborative Vietnam – France projects in term if sustainable agriculture development in northern mountainous region of Vietnam; explore  and propose new vision and strategies for research collaboration between two countries in the next period regarding to ecology agriculture development in northern mountainous region

The participation of the workshop are the leaders of MARD, VAAS and its member institutions, the representative of French research centers/institutions/agencies in Vietnam; universities. International research organization, local government and mass media agencies

The knowledge products were shared in the workshop

• Some research results on sustainable farming ecology on sloping land (NOMAFSI)
• Study on fodder crops in sustainable upland farming (NIAS,VNUA)
• Rice genotyping (AGI, IRD)
• Some Malica studies connecting small farm to market (CIRAD)
• Building geographical indications for the development of Market – driven sustainable agriculture (CASRAD