Cross country learning on combine harvesters commenced in Viet NamBinh
Dinh, Viet Nam- 11 Private and public sector officials from Cambodia flew in to
Viet Nam to visit a combine
contest organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Binh
Dinh province from 5 to 12 April 2011 and to
attend the “Round Table Discussion on Rice Combine Harvesters” last April 10,
2011. This was initiated by the ADB Project “Strategic research on sustainable
health and nutrition in Asia” to link the
Cambodian project partners to the Vietnamese project
partners and combine
manufactures. Participating through this event would foster learning from two
countries, establish links
between the Vietnamese Combine manufacturing industry and combine users in Cambodia and
help the Cambodians ramp up their postharvest initiatives.
The
team was led by Mr. Alfred Schmidley from IRRI and Dr. Meas Pyseth from MAFF in Cambodia who linked the Cambodian collaborators
to the Vietnamese organizers led by Dr. Pham Van Tan. Viet Nam is one of the countries who are in the
forefront of promoting postharvest machinery development and commercialization
in Southeast Asia. The activities included
sharing of information on the Vietnamese combine harvesters, Viet Nam
machineries and their mainstreaming efforts to leverage their postharvest initiatives
in and outside their country.
Aside
from being the ADB project collaborators, Cambodia
and Viet Nam
are also part of the Postharvest Learning Alliance member countries. . |