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:b.bhandari@uq.edu.au 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: k.johnston@research.uq.edu.au In Vietnam Name: Vinh Truong Telephone: 84-8-7242527 Position: Head, Department of Chemical Engineering Fax: 84-8-8960713 Organisation: Nong Lam University Email: tv@hcmuaf.edu.vn 2 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). 3 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 4 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. 5 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. 6 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. 7 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. 8 . 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. CRACKING AND ITS CONTROL IN THE FIELD AND DURING POST-HARVEST PROCESSES IN THE MEKONG DELTA OF VIETNAM 4 NONG LAM UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND I. TRAINING. 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