Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development COLLABORATION FOR AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT (CARD) 027/05VIE Development of clam culture for improvement and diversification of livelihoods of the poor coastal communities in Central Vietnam Milestone 12: Staff Competency Report June, 2009 2 Table of Contents 1. Institute Information 3 2. Contact Officer(s) 3 3. Project Abstract 4 4. Introduction & Background 4 4.1. Specific objectives 5 4.2. Expected outputs of staff competencies: 5 5. Progress to Date 5 5.1. Implementation highlights 5 5.1.1 Competency Building Process 5 5.1.2 Training, workshops, study tour 6 5.1.3. ‘On farm’ trials. 8 5.1.4. Hatchery establishment, management and transferred technologies 8 5.2. Capacity building 10 5.2.1. ARSINC 10 5.2.2. Provincial staff 11 5.2.3. Farmers 12 5.2.4. Students from Universities 12 6. Conclusion 13 Appendix A: List of participants of Training/Workshop in August, 2007 14 Appendix B: List of participants of Training/Workshop in March, 2008 16 Appendix C: List of farmers participated study tour in April, 2008 17 Appendix D: List of provincial staff involved in project activities 18 Appendix E: List of households involved in on farm trials from 2008 19 Appendix F: List of students’ thesis under supervision of ARCINC/SARDI 20 3 1. Institute Information Project Name Development of clam culture for improvement and diversification of livelihoods of the poor coastal communities in Central Vietnam (Project No: 027/05VIE) Vietnamese Institution Aquaculture Research Sub-Institution for North Central (ARSINC) Vietnamese Project Team Leader Mr. Chu Chi Thiet (Project Director) Australian Organisation South Australian Research and Development Institution (SARDI) Australian Personnel Dr Martin S Kumar (Team Leader) Dr Bennan Chen (Senior Scientist) Date commenced February 2006 Completion date (original) February 2009 Completion date (revised) Reporting period February 2006 - May 2009 2. Contact Officer(s) In Australia: Team Leader Name: Dr Martin Kumar Telephone: 08 82075400 Position: Principal Scientist, and Program Leader, Integrated Biosystems Integrated Resource Management and Biotechnology Fax: 08 82075481 Organisation South Australian Research and Development Institution (SARDI) Email: kumar.martin@saugov. sa.gov.au In Australia: Administrative contact Name: Telephone: Position: Fax: Organisation Email: In Vietnam Name: Chu Chi Thiet Telephone: +84.383829884 Position: Director Fax: +84.383829378 Organisation Aquaculture Research Institute for North-Central Email: arsinc_ria1@vnn.vn 4 3. Project Abstract 4. Introduction & Background The main objective is to develop and extend the clam culture technology (hatchery and husbandry) to sustain livelihoods of poor coastal farmers in the North Central provinces: and to develop a strategy which contributes to sustainable aquatic environment management using clam aquaculture to improve prawn farm effluent utilisation. The aims of the proposed project are: a) to provide poor fisher community an alternative income and food security; b) to improve technological and extension capacity for the stakeholders; and c) to reduce negative impacts of shrimp culture through implementation of a strategy for environmental management and waste utilisation of existing resources. The main objective of the project is to develop and extend the clam culture technology (hatchery and husbandry) to sustain livelihoods of poor coastal farmers in the North Central provinces and to develop a strategy which contributes to sustainable aquatic environment management using clam aquaculture to improve prawn farm effluent utilisation. In order to achieve the objectives of the project, staff competent is one of very important factor. Since beginning of project up to now, there are many activities have been conducted for building of staff competencies not only for ARSINC staff but also for provincial staff and farmers as well as students from Universities. Following are the main activities: • Training • In country training  Training for lead farmers  Training for ARSINC staff  Workshops and study tours for staff and farmers • Overseas training (Australia)  Structured training  Study tours • Demonstration • On farm trials of production models in 6 provinces • workshops • Collaboration on hatchery establishment, management and transferring technology • Supervision for students thesis In this report the competency building process and details of each activties are presented. 5 4.1. Specific objectives The objectives of this project (027/05VIE) include the following: • to develop and extend the clam culture technology (hatchery and husbandry); • to sustain livelihoods of poor coastal farmers in the North Central provinces; and • to develop a strategy which contributes to sustainable aquatic environment management using clam aquaculture to improve prawn farm effluent utilization. 4.2. Expected outputs of staff competencies: Completion of training through project participation of at least 4 key staff ARSINC staff in hatchery establishment and management of on-going operations, in the transfer of that technology to private aquaculture companies and as trainers of Provincial Directorate staff in clam spat settlement and grow-out techniques Completion of training through project participation of 30 Provincial Fisheries Directorate staff as trainers of farmers in clam culture management practices 5. Progress to Date 5.1. Implementation highlights 5.1.1 Competency Building Process In order to build competency following three primary modes were applied. • Training • Demonstration • Education The training was provided both in-country and overseas (Australia). The overseas training program mainly targeted to ARSINC and provincial staff who are actively engaged in the project activities. Overseas training consists of structure training (theory and practical) and study tour. The in-country training was focused not only training the staff but also lead farmers and students. In collaboration with Vinh University students dissertation were completed using project topic under the supervision of ARSIC/SARDI senior staff, in particular Project Director from Vietnam and Project Leader from Australia. Students are the future skill base and the program yielded good result. Details presented in the following section. The demonstration program is one of the most effective component in the competency building program. Lead farmers were selected for participating in the demonstration based in a selection criteria. The farmers participating in farm trials and demonstrations will be engaged as trainers for training programs for other farmers. A flow chart is provided for showing the competency building process 6 Flow chart: Indicating competency building process. 5.1.2 Training, workshops, study tour 5.1.2.1 Training, study tour abroad: From 30 th October to 10 th November, 2006, three technicians from ARSINC and Director of Extension Center from Thanh Hoa province have been sent to SARDI, Australia for attending training course on live feed production, data processing, nutrient and water quality management as well as to see integrated aquaculture system using waste water and other aquaculture farms using bio-recirculation system in South Australia. In August 2007, 10 days intensive training course has been conducted in SARDI, Australia for two researchers in which one is researcher from ARSINC and another from Nghe An province. The training involved the statistic data analysis and techniques in writing the journal article for publication which regarded as weak point of scientists in ARSINC. This training was very useful and supported a lot in developing the scientific report as well as in publishing scientific articles in the international journals. Overseas training has been provided to a total six staff. Competency Building Process TrainingTraining DemonstrationDemonstration Education Student Thesis (Future Skill Base) Overseas (Aus) In-country ARSINC Staff Extension Staff Lead Farmers Extension Staff ARSIC Staff Lead Farmers Extension Staff ARSIC Staff University Students ARSINC/SARDI Staff 7 5.1.2.2. Training/workshops, study tours in Vietnam: 22 nd -24 th September, 2007 an introduction workshop had been successfully organized in Cua Lo, Nghe An province. The objectives of the workshop were to introduce the primary results of the project on clam hatchery and clam husbandry work and to discuss the plan for developing collaboration of on- farm trials. Plate 1. showing the study tour and workshop 8 The invited participants included leaders of RIA1, leaders and technicians of the National Fisheries Extension Center and Provincial Fisheries Extension Center of 6 provinces and innovative farmers who were interested in clam culture (Appendix A). At the workshop, a lot of suggestion, comments as well as expression of interest on the clam culture technology have been recorded. The aquaculture technicians and farmers also expressed their concerns about the clam culture in brackish water ponds, poly-culture with prawn and requested more research information (Refer to MS9). In order to formally introduce the clam production technology and to explain the operational procedure for on-farm trials, a training/workshop was held from 24 th to 28 th March, 2008 at Giao Te Hotel in Cua Lo Town, Nghe An Province. Participants included leader of the project from Australia and Project team from ARSINC, provincial officers from local fisheries department, and farmers who interested in participating clam culture from 6 North Centre provinces (Appendix B). In addition to introduce about project, role of farmers/ARSINC, farmer selection criteria and etc., a technical lecturer was provided the lectures that content about inter tidal clam culture, pond clam culture, rotational culture of clam in prawn ponds, and the methods of data collection. The study tour was conducted for 12 farmers from 6 provinces on 23 April 2008 to visit a newly established clam hatchery at Ly Nhan, Ho Chi Minh City . This study tour was a part of the training/workshop programs for demonstration of the clam culture trials. The aim of this study tours is that farmers to understand the natural nursery areas of clam as well as introduce the original place where the clam, Meretrix lyrata has been translocated into the North and Central parts of Vietnam. Further more, farmers visited a newly established clam hatchery at Ly Nhan village, Can Gio district. This hatchery has been constructed by ARSINC in collaboration with Van Xuan University. The hatchery has the capacity of producing 50 million spat per season. The list of 12 farmers participated study tour in Ho Chi Minh City is provided in the Appendix C. 5.1.3. ‘On farm’ trials ( Demonstration) . On-farm trial started in May 2008. Total 36 farmers participated on demonstration trial with 3 modals, devided into 2 periods: there were 24 farmers participated in the initial demonstration trials in two models of clam production including pond culture and inter- tidal clam culture and 12 farmers afterwards participated on rotational pond clam-shrimp culture modal. The list of farmers participating in the demonstration trial is provided in the Appendix D. The demonstration program was well supported by ARSIC and Provincial extension staff by providing technical support and monitoring (plate 2) 9 Plate 2 showing farmer participated demonstration farm and staff visit as part of technical support and monitoring program. Farmer participated in the collection of data. 10 5.1.4. Hatchery establishment, management and transferred technologies. ARSINC has collaborated with some private hatcheries to produce clam spat for demonstrating and transferring the technology that developed by ARSINC/SARDI: - Hai Tuan Ltd Company, Kim Son Commune, Kim Bang District, Ninh Binh province - Marine Seed Production Central, Hoang Thanh Commune, Hoang Hoa District, Thanh Hoa province - Clam hatchery at Ly Nhan village, Can Gio district, Ho Chi Minh City (in collaboration with Van Xuan Technical College) There are some centers/private hatcheries has requested for transferring clam culture technology such as Aquaculture Seed Production Center in Hue, private hatchery in Tien Hai district, Thai Binh province. 5.2. Capacity building 5.2.1. ARSINC Since April 2006 to April 2008, 19 staff have been provided 4998 days working for different activities of project (Table 1) Table 1: List of staff and their working days Provided days Name of staff April-Sep, 2006 Oct Mar., 2007 April-Oct, 2007 Nov.2007- Apr.2008 1. Mr. Chu Chi Thiet 105 105 105 105 2. Mr. Nhu Van Can 63 63 63 63 3. Ms. Nguyen Thi Mai 63 63 63 63 4. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Tinh 105 105 105 105 5. Mr. Nguyen Van Hoang 105 105 105 105 6. Mr. Le Thanh Ghi 105 105 105 105 7. Mr. Le Van Dung 105 105 105 105 8. Mr. Nguyen Ba Luong 105 105 105 105 9. Mr. Le Anh Tuan 105 105 105 105 10. Mr. Tran Viet Tuan 105 105 11. Ms. Le Thi Huyen 105 105 12. Mr. Mai Va Ha 63 13. Ms. Le Thi May 105 14. Mr.Le Van Khoi 63 15. Mr.Ha Duc Thang 63 16. Ms Nguyen Thi Hanh 105 105 17. Ms Le Thi Tinh 105 105 18. Ms. Nguyen Thi Thuy 105 105 19. Mr. Le Duc Giang 63 63 Total 1428 1092 1239 1239 9 seniors and technical staff of project directly involved in the project activities (4 of that had chance to participate on international training in Australia). 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Thiet and Martin S Kumar) The manual reports collaborative research between the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) and Aquaculture Research Sub-Institute for North Centre (ARSINC) The publication is intended for a wide readership, in particular for farmers, researchers and students in Vietnam • Lecture of clam (Meretrix lyrata) culture technology (Clam culture in pond Clam culture. .. participated in training/workshop on clam production technology and clam culture modals in March, 2008 - 12 farmers were arranged to visit Ly Nhan clam hatchery in Can Gio, Ho Chi Minh in April, 2008 - 24 farmers have participating in demonstration trial on pond and intertidal culture modals - 12 farmers have participating in demonstration trial on rotational pond clam- shrimp culture modal - About 100... trials since May 2008 They have the opportunity to improve their knowledge, gain more experiences about clam culture, spat production and other related activities - In the beginning years of project (200 6-2 007), several farmers at the experimental site were hired and trained for research activities participation - 13 farmers participated introduction training/workshop in September, 2007 - 12 farmers... gonad index and survival rate of broodstock of Ben Tre clam during conditioning period The affection of salinity and frequency of exchange water to the growth and the metamorphosis of larvae of Ben Tre clam (M lyrata) under hatchery condition The affection of culture systems and substrata to growth and metamorphosis of Ben Tre clam (M.lyrata) under hatchery condition Study on technique Breeding and larvae... farmers from 6 provinces will be invited for attending the training course on clam culture technology The training course will be organized in Quang Binh province in July, 2009 In fact, more farmers such as their family members, neighbors have been participating and learning on clam culture activities 5.2.4 Students from Universities Since 2006 to 2008, 5 students from Vinh University and 01 student from... gave the lectures for farmers in Hai Loc Commune, Hau Loc District, Thanh Hoa Province about clam culture • Research presented at Asian Fisheries Forum in Cochin, India in November, 2007 (Nhu Van Can Chu, Chi Thiet and Martin S Kumar) The research paper entitled “Effects of stocking biomass on growth, survival and production of the two sizes of clam Meretrix lyrata cultured in the intertidal areas” • Clam. .. has been implementing her thesis on clam culture in shrimp pond (about monitoring water management in Quang trach, Quang Binh) and planning to be completed in July, 2009 At the end of this year, 01 ARSINC staff is going to start his thesis related to clam hatchery technology to complete his Master Degree Program List of students and the title of their thesis are described in Appendix F 12 6 Conclusion... skills of ARSINC staff has been improved through training provided in Australia and working with international experts who have been visited since 2006 to April 2008 (13 visiting of SARDI experts with total 149 days working in Vietnam) Writing, reporting, presenting skills of ARSINC staff has significant improved through working with international experts, attending training/workshops, writing project . Development of clam culture for improvement and diversification of livelihoods of the poor coastal communities in Central Vietnam (Project No: 027/05VIE) Vietnamese Institution Aquaculture Research. Following are the main activities: • Training • In country training  Training for lead farmers  Training for ARSINC staff  Workshops and study tours for staff and farmers • Overseas training. of clam (Meretrix lyrata) culture technology (Clam culture in pond - Clam culture in inter-tidal) Technical guide was prepared and presented for participants of the introduction workshop in