The Humidtropics’ Research for Development Platform for Northwest Viet Nam will help focus national and world attention on the region to address major challenges
The Humidtropics’ Research for Development (R4D) Platform in the Northwest of Viet Nam was launched in Son La City, Son La Province on 13 March 2015 at a meeting attended by more than 40 people representing a wide range of organizations: international and national research institutes, government agencies, such as the departments of Plant Protection, Crop Production, Agricultural Extension, and Health, and farmers’ associations, women’s unions, and international and local NGOs.
The World Agroforestry Centre Viet Nam program officially launched the Research for Development (R4D) Platform to consolidate the different research activities in the region so as to drive a joint effort to transform the lives of the rural poor. The R4D Platform will serve as a space where researchers and others can prioritize research topics and share and validate results. Farmers are engaged with the Platform to ensure that research is demand-oriented and local people feel ownership. This is particularly important to promote expansion of the research results.
