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Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development

COLLABORATION FOR AGRICULTURE AND

RURAL DEVELOPMENT (CARD)

002/05/VIE project

Technical and economic feasibility of applying the Better Management Practices (BMP) to household

aquaculture in Vietnam

MS 11: Project completion report

The Research Institute for Aquaculture No 1 (RIA1), Tu Son, Bac Ninh The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, NEDLANDS WA 6907

Bac Ninh, Mar./2009

6 Report on Cross-Cutting Issues 11

6.1 Environment 11 6.2 Gender and Social Issues 11

7 Implementation & Sustainability Issues 11

7.1 Issues and Constraints 11 7.2 Options _ 12 7.3 Sustainability 12

8 Next Critical Steps _12

9 Conclusion _12

10 Statutory Declaration 13

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1 Institute Information

the Better Management Practices (BMP) to household aquaculture in Vietnam

Vietnamese Institution Research Institute for Aquaculture No.1

Vietnamese Project Team Leader Dr Le Xan

Australian Organisation The University of Western Australia (UWA)

Contact Officer(s)

In Australia: Team Leader

Name: Dr Steven Schilizzi Telephone: +61 8 6488 2105

Organisation The University of Western

Organisation Research Institute for Aquaculture

vie97030.ria1@fpt.vn

2 Project Abstract

Household coastal aquaculture farms, ranging in area between 0.5 ha and 3 ha, produce 90% of the output of farmed shrimp from in Vietnam, worth $USD 1 billion in 2004 The economic viability and environmental sustainability of farms in this sector are threatened

by poor farming practices that lead to disease outbreaks, environmental degradation; crops contaminated with chemical and antibiotic residues and decreased yields Pilot–scale Better Management Practices (BMP) can, and have been applied to large commercial aquaculture ventures in Vietnam, with outcomes of improved yields and quality, environmental sustainability and reduced risk of disease However, difficulties arise in the administration of BMP to small-scale household farms because of financial constraints, lack of knowledge and little incentive or initiative to adopt BMP The overall objective of this project is to investigate the effectiveness of BMP application to household farms and

to develop methods to initiate BMP within this sector The project will use consultative, incentive, demonstration, training and dissemination methods that are appropriate to the needs and abilities of household farmers

3 Executive Summary

During two and a haft years (from August 2006 to February 2009), CARD 002/05 VIE project has finished all activities planned for the project lifetime The provincial partners at three provinces of Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Thua Thien Hue were selected in cooperation of project implementation In each province, three core demonstration farms in connection with three shrimp communities (20-30 households in each community) were selected in order to implement and apply BMP To assess the current status of socio-economic, technical, environment and constrain of shrimp households in the project area, a study of initial assessment was conducted, the results of this study were the sources to compare with the project results at the end The overview of BMP in Vietnam and other courtiers in region was studied, this was a basis to develop a BMP protocol which prepared by project experts with comments from local officers, extension workers and key shrimp farms In order to apply the BMP parameters to shrimp operation, eleven training courses were organized (one course on general BMP for participation of extension workers, local officers and trial farms, one course

on shrimp product quality management for participation of related attendants and nine courses for participation of shrimp household at communities) In addition, six cross-visiting were organized for participation of extension workers, local officers and key shrimp farmers More than 100 monthly meeting were organized in project communities for shrimp households to exchange experiences and improve the BMP knowledge The partial financial, experts and field staffs were provided to monitor the pond, environment and diseases management during culture crops in the two years of 2007 and 2008 Of which, the important issues were to ensure the free diseases of shrimp seed and checking shrimp disease sample and environment sample during over crops Two workshops, namely inception and first year workshops were organized for participants to discuss and comments on project activities In order to improve

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capacities for project members, some other activities were organized such as the short trip to University of Western Australia, the attendant of national workshop of young scientist in aquaculture at RIA1, the attendant of international ViFINET workshop at Cantho University and supervision of Bachelor and Master students The BMP protocols and training materials were provided to farm households and local officers, extension workers during project lifetime A survey to assess the production results of households and project terminal assessment of environment and adoption rate of BMP of households were conducted after finishing of second year crops In addition, the Australian expert group had done six visiting

to Vietnam and project locations in order to assist the Vietnamese group implements the project as more effectiveness

4 Introduction & Background

Project objective:

The overall objective of this project is to investigate the effectiveness of BMP application to small-scale household farms through reducing negative environmental impacts, increasing yields, lowering risks and improving product quality - thereby contributing significantly to long-term poverty alleviation and income generation for households directly involved in aquaculture production chains

The short term objectives of the project are: a) to carry out an analysis of current status of household aquaculture and identify incentives and constraints to BMP application; b) to develop appropriate BMP guidelines and manuals for household aquaculture in the North Central region of Vietnam; and c) to build capacity for BMP application among stakeholders involved in aquaculture product market chains, especially smallholder producers

Output expected:

Project outcomes will be the development of methods for dissemination and utilisation of BMP amongst household farmers, leading to tenable farm practices, reduced risk of disease, reduction in environmental degradation, increased yields and improvement of economic viability of the sector in the long term The project will contribute to the Government of Vietnam’s Comprehensive Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy (CPRGS), which is aligned with CARD program strategic framework

Approach and strategy:

The project will involve three stages: a) analysis of current status of household aquaculture practices and identification of incentives and constraints for BMP implementation; b) development of appropriate BMP guidelines and manuals for household aquaculture through participatory on-farm and community trials; and c) building capacity for BMP implementation and opening dialogues with exporters, traders and processors to explore market incentives for BMP promotion

For the first stage, the project must begin with a review of the literature and experience concerning BMP in the region and move to analysis of current small farm practices and the current production, health and resource status of household farms, and incentives and constraints to BMP implementation The baseline study will be used to gain experience in methods to derive relevant information as well as equip research staff and fisheries officers with a comprehensive picture of the present status of household aquaculture in three provinces of Vietnam At the end of the first phase, a draft action plan and sites for BMP demonstration will be prepared and selected by involved stakeholders

For the second stage, the project will focus BMP demonstration on two main shrimp aquaculture systems namely i) semi-intensive and ii) improved extensive which are considered as the dominant shrimp aquaculture models in the North Central region of Vietnam Selected small scale aquaculture farmers from these two types will be encouraged to form aqua-clubs or associations for BMP demonstration The roles of demonstration farmers from these groups are in consultation with staff from RIA1, UWA and local extension centres

to select appropriate BMP to their conditions and to maintain a farm diary that records all inputs into the trials and relevant indicators as the trial progresses Through a participatory process, relevant stakeholders such as farming communities, extension workers, researchers and fisheries department staff will be participating in BMP selection and supervision and monitor experimental trials that are being implemented by demonstration farmers Data collected by demonstration farmers and other regular data collected by RIA1 and fisheries staff will be used to establish project findings

For the third stage, findings of the project will then be used by demonstration farmers, extension workers and RIA1 staff to develop suitable BMP guidelines and training manuals for small farmers and extension workers, which will be disseminated through communication channels to build capacity for concerned stakeholders at all levels Demonstration farmers, extension officers, BMP guidelines and training manuals and farmer associations will be key participants and factors in the dissemination of outcomes of the demonstration trials and the implementation of BMP throughout the regions Those demonstration farmers, who are trained in: the use of basic water quality equipment, feeding strategy, selection of quality seed and some extension skills by the project technical staff, will disseminate the project findings

to other farmers in the region Market incentives for BMP implementation and product quality requirement will be explored by opening dialogues with local traders, collectors, whole traders, processors and importers These stakeholders will be invited to participate in project activities such as training and workshops to share their concerns and product quality requirements with small scale producers

Methodology:

Baseline study for assessment of BMP status:

Standardised surveys and participatory assessment methods will be developed by RIA1 and UWA and used for assessing current aquaculture status, incentives and constraints of farmers

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to BMP application and draft BMP action plans for demonstration at household farm level In each province 30 household farms will be sampled The questionnaire will be designed to elicit information on current farming practices, status of farm production, socio-economic and environmental conditions, constraints and interests of household farmers in adopting BMP on their farms Data will be processed and analysed by staff at RIA1 and UWA to serve as the basis for demonstration farm selection and kept as baseline indicators for comparison with demonstration and control farms during and after the project implementation

On farm trials for BMP development:

The trials will work with two types of common farming systems practiced by household farmers: semi-intensive and improved extensive In the semi-intensive systems, a group of 20-

30 farms in each province will be selected and be encouraged to form an aqua-club or association for BMP demonstration BMP practices will be promoted and shared among group members throughout the project implementation period In the first year, each semi-intensive group will select 1 household farm to demonstrate BMP application through experiment treatment To be considered for selection, household farms need to already conform to some initial criteria for BMP such as appropriate infrastructure and irrigation systems In addition, farm size will be limited to 0.5 ha, farmers will need to be willing to participate in the experiment, and have financial capacity to co-invest with the demonstration trial By participatory consultation, RIA1, UWA and farmers and extension workers at project sites will select suitable BMP for demonstration once the project has been approved These may tentatively include: practices of pond preparation, seed certification and stocking, feed and feeding management, water quality management, disease management, post-harvest handling and product control RIA1 staff will conduct seed control and certification for the trials Post-larvae that are free of white spot disease (WSD) and Monodon Baculovirus (MBV) will be approved for use in trials Hatcheries that can be certified disease-free will be identified by RIA1 staff and stipulated for purchase of seed Some data (observations of shrimp health, feed tray clearance, water quality data) will be collected daily by farmers using field test kits and equipment Farmers will be given a farm record book to write all practices, data recordings, seed, and feed and water inputs he/she applies to the farm Environmental data (salinity, pH, DO, BOD, NH3, NO2) will be analysed monthly by project staff Shrimp will be checked for chemicals and antibiotic residues one month before harvest (with specific analysis for contaminants banned by EU) Data on BMP demonstrations will be analysed by statistical methods to assess and validate impacts of BMP practices and as a basis to draft a BMP manual In the second year the BMP manual will be verified for all members of the group and will be improved before recommending outcomes widely to all communities

In the improved extensive systems, two groups of 20-30 farms per province will be selected and encouraged to form aqua-clubs or associations and the applying procedure will be similar

to the semi-intensive The BMP practices selected for improved extensive farms may deal principally with pond preparation, seed selection, stocking and some management practices

One extension worker per project site will be assigned to assist demonstrated farmer groups in the project site She/he will play an active role in facilitating monthly aqua-club/association meetings to promote BMP development and implementation In addition, monthly, RIA1 staff will visit the project site to assist and give technical advice and collect environmental, disease

and product samples to analyse and give feed back to farmers

Building capacity for BMP implementation:

During the project implementation, capacity of stakeholders for BMP implementation will be built through participating in project meetings, training courses, workshops, cross visits and study tours:

Fifty-four monthly club/association meetings will be arranged each year to facilitate and exchange experience on BMP implementation and development during and after the crop Eleven short training courses on different subjects will be organised and conducted for participants during the lifetime of the project: one BMP training course for 48 demonstration farmers and local extension workers before introducing BMP demonstrations in the first year; one general training course on product quality management for 40 participants comprising small producers, extension workers, collectors, traders and processors; three training sessions

on BMP application to semi-intensive systems and; six training sessions on BMP application

to improved extensive systems involving 90 and 180 participants respectively

Three workshops will be arranged within the project, namely the inception workshop, the project first year and terminal workshops

Three cross province study tours will be arranged for 24 representatives of demonstration farmers and extension workers in the target provinces in the first year

One 10-day training course at UWA, Perth will be arranged for two RIA1 researchers involved in the project on data analysis and reporting

2000 copies of BMP manuals for semi-intensive and improved extensive farming systems will be developed at the end of the project

5 Progress to Date

Implementation Highlights

The principal achievements to date have been:

1) Completion of assessment of socio-economic, technical and constraint of shrimp household in the project area (around 100 shrimp households in 3 project provinces were surveyed) Completion initial environment assessment of project area before implementing

2) Completion of overview of BMP in Vietnam and other countries in the region as a basis source to prepare a BMP protocol for project The especially BMP draft use for

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project area was prepared and tested during two years of project implementation in the region of North Centre Vietnam

3) Two workshops (inception and first year project close) were organized for attendants discuss and comments to improve quality of project activities

4) Eleven training courses were organized, of which, one course on general BMP and one course on shrimp products management and food safety for attendant of extension workers, local officers and trial farms and trades; and nine other BMP training courses for attendant of shrimp household in the project communities (with more than 200 shrimp farmers participating)

5) Six cross-visiting among provinces were organized for attendant of different participants in order to exchange experiences on BMP implementation into shrimp operation in different provinces (total of more than 90 participants)

6) More than 100 monthly meetings were successfully organized in project communities

of 3 provinces for attendant of shrimp households to improve the BMP implementation and application capacities (with more than 1,200 participants)

7) The materials, experts, field staffs and partial financial support were provided to households to monitor the pond, environment and diseases management during culture crops in the two years of 2007 and 2008

8) Project organized successful the short trip of 3 project staffs to visit and work in University of Western Australia In this trip, Vietnamese staffs worked together with Australian experts and well finished all purposes of trip

9) Project staffs attended and presented the project outcomes at national and international workshops Project staffs also supervised Bachelor and Master students to practice their thesis and they have got very satisfied results

10) The results of production of project shrimp household, the environment of project area and BMP adoption rate of farmers were assessed after 2 years implementing The results were presented in the MS10 report

11) During two years of project, the Australian experts group was performed five trips to Vietnam and project area to assist Vietnamese staffs to more effective implementation

of project

Smallholder benefits:

The most benefit smallholders of this project are the shrimp households in the project area and project staffs from top to local who directly involve in this project Shrimp households were improved the BMP knowledge though the training courses, cross-

visiting, monthly meeting and etc, therefore, the effect of shrimp culture investment of those households was improved (the specific results were presented in MS10 report) In addition, the BMP household, especially trial farmers were directly benefited from project though partial support of materials and provided environment equipments from project The capacities on management, research, training, etc of project staffs were improved though out the project activities Especially, extension workers were approached the new training methods (TOTs and parallel of theory and practice) The Extension Centres of project provinces were benefit from project though provided environment equipments and its staffs capacities were also improved by implement project activities The project communes were benefit from project such as improvement of aqua-clubs/associations system In addition, project provided environment test-kits and partial financial support for operation of communities Finally, the institutional staffs (RIA1, NAFIQUAVED) capacities were improved in term of group working, management and research skills though project activities that trainings, study tour and directly work with Australian experts

Capacity Building

Project contributed to improve capacities for different stakeholders of different levels:

• At central level, the RIA1s’ staffs, who directly involve in the project (both managers and technical experts), were improved capacity in both management and research

• At provincial level, the extension staffs in three provinces, who worked for project were improved the BMP implementation capacities and they were approached the BMP knowledge thought management, technical transferring and training activities

• At local level, communities’ officers, aquaculture communities’ managers and shrimp households, who are in the project area, were improved the capacities of BMP implementation Of which, the more important issue is the capacities to manage and operate the aquaculture clubs/associations were improved in order to development of shrimp culture as effective and sustainable

• The project information and project results were published in the newsletter and the website of RIA1 and the website of CARD

• The project outcomes were presented though international ViFINET workshop at Cantho University and national young scientist workshop at RAI1

• The BMP training materials and BMP protocols were delivered to local offices and households in project provinces

Project Management

The project management has been effective

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• The terminal environment of water quality and sediment of project sites was assessed after implementing project (as a part of project validation report - MS10)

Gender and Social Issues

• Female participants were given preference to attend the project activities such as training, cross visiting and association meetings However, the percentage of females who attended was unfortunately low

• Two female students (Bachelor and Master) were given preference to practice the thesis in project scope These female students received a very good result of their thesis

7 Implementation & Sustainability Issues

Issues and Constraints

During project lifetime, there were some constrains, however this were not significant negative effect to the project, specific that:

• Extended contract negotiations and money arrangement have delayed the implementation of this project Due to the seasonality of project activities this has caused substantial delays in project activities Implementing BMPs for shrimp culture demonstration households and communities for full two crops of 2007 and 2008 was implemented

• While the implementation of the project has been highly successful over the first reporting period, there was a change of Australian technical expert, Mr Sid Saxby, who withdrew from the project due to personal reasons This problem was solved by the replacement of Mr Sid Saxby by Ms Virginia Mosk

• The Ministry of Fisheries was reformed by combination with MARD in 2008, this was caused of some changes at provincial level However, this was not much effect to the project due to unchanged of project personnel at provincial and local levels

• The shrimp households were negative effect by natural disaster such as the Storm Number 5 in Ha Tinh and Nghe An and flood in Thua Thien Hue in 2007 The white sport disease outbreak in Vietnam in 2007 and 2008 was also negative effect to shrimp farms in project sites In addition, in 2008, financial crisis and increasing in input materials price, especially shrimp feed price was negative effect on shrimp culture in Vietnam, in general and in project area, in particular

Options

None to date

Sustainability

No major issues

8 Next Critical Steps

1) Organizing the final workshop which will be organized in April/2009

2) Attending the BMP workshop which will be organized by CARD in July/2009

3) Seeking opportunities to popularize the project outcomes though workshops,

magazines, journals, etc

9 Conclusion

The CARD 002/05 VIE has been highly satisfactory and almost all objectives of this project have been met or exceeded There are good results of the project because of a high cooperation among project parties and stakeholders and enthusiasm of shrimp households to implement and apply the BMP

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10 Statutory Declaration

STATUTORY DECLARATION

COLLABORATION FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

CARD Project Title: Technical and economic feasibility of applying the Better Management

Practices (BMP) to household aquaculture in Vietnam

CARD Project Number: 002/05/VIE

We, the undersigned, hereby declare that during the period August/2006 to February/2009, delivered the following inputs to assist in implementation of the above project

Australian Personnel

Provided (Name)

Days in Vietnam

Days in Australia

Trips to Vietnam

Total 2.183

Project Progress Against Proposed Objectives, Outputs, Activities And Inputs

Project Title: Technical and economic feasibility of applying the Better Management Practices (BMP) to household aquaculture in Vietnam

Vietnamese Implementing Institution: Research Institute for Aquaculture No 1

Narrative

1) Assessing current status of shrimp households operation and find out advantages and disadvantages of BMP application

1a) Study on BMP overview of in country and other countries in the region and over the world

1b) Questionnaire design to survey

of current status, survey around 100 small-scale shrimp households 1c) Assessment of initial environment (water quality) of the project sites before implementing activities

1a) Believable collected BMP information and documents, especially note the countries that similar with Vietnam

1b) Random selection of surveyed households 1c) Ensure the environment of project area suitable for BMP implementation

1a) BMP overview study report

1b) Assessment of shrimp households operation report

communities scales in North Centre Vietnam

2a) Preparation of suitable BMP protocols for North Centre provinces, where project implementation

2b) Application of BMP protocols into BMP trial farms and local communities

2c) Organizing BMP training courses (9), cross-visiting (6), monthly meeting at communes (more than 50)

2b) Comments for BMP protocols from local staffs and key farmers in the project area

2b) Trial farms and communities

of project are suitable with project criterions

2c) Selection of suitable persons for training, cross-visiting and meetings

2a) The first draft of BMP protocol

2b) List of 9 core trial farms in connect with 9 communities in 3 project provinces

2c) Brief BMP training courses, cross-visiting, and meetings reports

3) Testing BMP application parameters at household and community levels

3a) BMP technical and community based parameters applying into shrimp farms and communities in the project

provinces

3b) Monitoring, recording all data of techniques, socio-economic and environment of trial farms and communities during implementing BMP protocols

3a) The parameters of BMP protocols are suitable to shrimp operation of project area

3b) Extension workers, local officers, trial farms are trained on data collection and recording

3a) Report of assessment of socio- economic, technical and environment of core trial farms

3b) Report of progress

of project implementation of provinces

OBJECTIVES

4) Improving capacity of implementation and application of BMP for different stakeholders of different levels of central,

provincial and local

4a) Capacities of project staff at central level are improving though activities that project management, training, short trip

to UWA, attendant of national and international and student supervision

4b) Capacities of provincial staffs (managers and extension workers) are improving though activities that BMP training courses, workshops, cross- visiting, train farmers and monitoring the technical, environment, diseases and communities based management 4b) Capacities of local staffs and farmers are improving though activities that BMP training courses, workshops, cross- visiting, communities based

management, BMP application, data collection and recording

4a) Base on the responsibility and role in the project (managers, experts) to arrange the suitable activities

4b) Selection of suitable staffs to undertake suitable place at province level (managers, supervisors, field-staffs) 4c) Local officers, trial farms and shrimp households satisfy the project criterion

4a) Report of competency assessment

of related persons and parties from top to local

4b) Report of training, workshops, cross- visiting programmers 4c) BMP materials providing to local staffs and shrimp farmers

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1) Improved knowledge on status of BPM application in country, regional and international and find out the current status of technical, socio- economic, environment and constrains

of shrimp households in North Centre region

1) Collected information, data were the basis sources for project staffs and experts draft the specific BMP protocols for project sites

1) Information data of BMP overview were collected from different sources The surveyed households were delegated for the shrimp farms in the project area

1) Available data, information on BMP in international, regional and Vietnam; the current status data of shrimp farms (100 farms); initial environment data 2) To ensure BMP protocols is suitable

and applicable to the project area to improve the production effect in term

of technical, social, economic and environmental

2) BMP protocols were pilot application into trials farms and communities in the first year The results were assessed and widely application into larger areas during the second year

2a) The trial farms met the project requirements and delegated for the communities

2b) Project communities were delegated for over project area

2a) BMP protocols were completed; 2b) Nine trial farms in connected with nine communities were selected in North Centre Vietnam 3) Indicators of culture techniques,

environment, economic and social were collected during implementation of BMP

3) The results on economic, environment, technical and social

of BMP application will be used by researchers and policy makers to decide the scale of BMP

application in the future

3) Collected data may not delegated for other regions due to the particular conditions of North Centre region

3) The results of collected information, data during BMP application were presented in the different specific reports

OUTPUTS

4) The capacities of BMP implementation and application of different project stakeholders such as researchers, extension workers, managers and shrimp farms were improved

4) Though the project activities that workshops, trainings, cross-

visiting, study tour, meeting, data collection, etc were opportunities to improve of capacities for related stakeholders

4a) The staffs who implemented project come from different sources, therefore the ability to implement and receive BMP may

6 cross-visiting and more than 100 meeting were organised Many other activities were attended by project staffs

1 Making/designing the detail of project activities

in short and long run (Aug./2006)

1 Project coordinator make/design the project plan for activities

2 Studying BMP overview, households survey and initial environment assessment (Sep.- Nov./2006)

2 Collection of information for BMP overview; design questionnaire; survey about 100 shrimp farms; collect sample of environment

3 Selecting local partners, local staffs, local officers, trial farms, communities to implement project (Dec./2006-Jan./2007)

3 Project managers discuss with local partners to collect 3 field staffs, 9 trial farms in connect to 9 shrimp

communities

4 Preparing the draff of BMP protocols for shrimp households in the project area (Sep.- Nov./2006)

4 Project experts prepare the BMP protocols then receive comments from local staffs and key farms

5 Analysing data, reporting BMP overview and assessing socio-economic, technical, environment

of shrimp households at initial phase Jan./2007)

(Oct./2006-5 BMP overview report; current status of shrimp culture

of households report; environment assessment report were completed

6 Organizing the inception project workshop (Jan./2007)

6 The inception workshop in Nghe An for participating of project staffs, provincial staffs, local staffs and trial farms (45 participants) was organised

7 Preparing the BMP training materials, shrimp record book (Dec./2006-Mar./2007)

7 Training materials of different topics and shrimp diary record book were prepared

8 Organizing general BMP training course for different stakeholders participating (Mar./2007)

8 Selection of 48 trainees to participate the general BMP training course Participants that are technical staffs, extension workers, local managers and trial farms This workshop was conducted in TT-Hue in 3 days

10 Checking seed quality for shrimp household in the project sites (Jan.-Mar./2007 and Jan.-

Mar./2008)

10 Shrimp seed quality of 9 trials farms and households

in 9 communities was checked by PCR

11 Organising the monthly meeting for households in communities exchange experiences

on shrimp culture (Feb.-Aug./2007 and 2008)

11 Fifty two monthly meetings were organized in communities for households to exchange shrimp culture experiences during crops

12 Organising the cross-visiting for staffs and households participating (Jun./2007 and 2008)

12 Six cross-visiting for 90 participants to learn and exchange experiences of shrimp culture techniques, community based management skills were organized

13 Selecting the data of environment and diseases

of trial farms and communities during crops Aug./2007 and 2008)

(Feb.-13 Trial farms were provided environment test kits to monitor environment indicators during crops Provincial Extension Dept was provided environment equipment to monitor and warning to households and communities in term of environment conditions

14 Recording all of related information and data

of shrimp crops of trial farms (Jan.-Aug./2007 and 2008)

14 Trial farms was provided “shrimp diary record book”

to record all information, data over shrimp culture crops (technical, environment, economic data - all of input to output information and data)

15 Testing shrimp product quality and food safety

of shrimp product of trial farms (Jun.-Jul./2007 and 2008)

15 Cooperation with NAFIQUAVED branch 1&2 to test shrimp product quality samples of 9 core trials The product quality tested indicators follow the EU standards

16 Organizing the training course of aquaculture product quality management and food safety (Jul./2007)

16 Successful to organize the workshop on product quality management and food safety for attending of 40 participants