Identifying Needs and Actions

Group 2. Conservation Farming Training Needs in Vietnam

The group came up with the following proposed activities:

1. Organize national training workshop on the concept of conservation farming with the following objectives:

• criteria of conservation farming

• how to integrate conservation farming into subjects/curricula

• identify types of training courses on conservation farming

• target group to be involved: groups from the national level or networks

• national workshop should collaborate with academic, research, extension and other partner institutions

2. Address human resource development needs through the following:

• indigenous knowledge systems/gender issues: a training course with focus on methodologies and tools, including:

• case studies, documentation, and dissemination S intellectual property rights issues

• participants from academic, research, extension, and related institutions, resource person(s) from ICRAF

• study tour to exchange experiences with local institutions, e.g., networking Landcare/ICRAF-Philippines with VACVINA/Farmer Associations with focus on grassroots issues (Vietnam-Philippines cross learning)