Báo cáo nghiên cứu nông nghiệp Increasing the capacity of the Food Crops Research Institute to enhance the Production and Management of Potatoes in the Red River Delta

This project aims to increase the productivity and profitability of potato production in the Red River Delta (RRD) through an integrated crop production and marketing program. The project is a co-operative research and extension program between the Food Crops Research Institute (FCRI), Agriculture Western Australia and Curtin University. Improvements in productivity and net returns will be achieved by training Vietnamese agronomists and extension agents in the methodologies used by the potato industry in Western Australia (WA)....
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Báo cáo nghiên cứu nông nghiệp " Increasing the capacity of the Food Crops Research Institute to enhance the Production and Management of Potatoes in the Red River Delta "Project Title Increasing the capacity of the Food Crops Research Institute to enhance the Production and ManagementCode: 1.7 of Potatoes in the Red River Delta Paul Mattingley / Peter BattAustralian Personnel Agriculture Western Australia / Curtin UniversityAustralian Institution Food Crops Research InstituteVietnam Institution July 2000 to June 2002Project DurationProject DescriptionThis project aims to increase the productivity and profitability of potato production inthe Red River Delta (RRD) through an integrated crop production and marketingprogram. The project is a co-operative research and extension program between theFood Crops Research Institute (FCRI), Agriculture Western Australia and CurtinUniversity. Improvements in productivity and net returns will be achieved by trainingVietnamese agronomists and extension agents in the methodologies used by the potatoindustry in Western Australia (WA).Objectivesa) The overall objective is to increase the productivity and profitability of potato production through an integrated crop production and marketing program. The project is a co-operative research and extension program. Improvements in productivity and net returns will be achieved by training Vietnamese agronomists in the methodologies used by the potato industry in WA.b) Integrated crop management involves developing an understanding of the most important factors that effect the performance of a crop. It also involves the development of an understanding of the interactions between these factors. Crop improvement will occur through advances in agronomy, post harvest storage of product, improved seed production and genetic improvements. To achieve the major objective, the following objectives must be met: ♦ To train FCRI staff to identify the major factors limiting production ♦ To train FCRI staff to identify improved agronomic inputs that will increase marketable yields. ♦ To train FRCI staff to identify improved storage techniques that will increase profits to growers. ♦ To demonstrate potato growers in the RRD an improved seed supply scheme of improved varieties. ♦ To improve profits to growers through adoption of improved varieties (genetic improvement). ♦ To improve farmers and FCRI staff understanding of the dynamics of both domestic and export markets and the various means farmers have of collectively manipulating the supply of potatoes (and prices) to the market.Outputs and Performance indicators Outputs Performance Indicators ♦ Survey of crops in the first year will achieve the i) Publication of survey results of objective of training FCRI staff to identify the major crops in the RRD factors limiting production ♦ Experiments will be conducted in the second year to i) Publication of recommendations developed from the agronomy trials. develop improved agronomic inputs that will overcome the limiting factors identified in the crop survey. This will achieve the objective of training FCRI staff how to identify improved agronomic inputs that will increase marketable yields. ♦ The quality of tubers for seed and for sale will be i) The completion of storage trials that will increase the storage period of improved through post harvest work. This will marketable tubers and reduce the achieve the objective of training FCRI staff to concomitant storage losses. investigate improved storage techniques to increase profits to farmers. ♦ An improved method of supplying seed tubers to the i) The increased yield of crops planted in the first field generation. RRD will be demonstrated. This will involve the importation of high quality seed in the RRD and the final bulking by ordinary growers. This will achieve the objective of demonstrating an improved seed scheme that offers farmers healthy seed of vegetatively propagated potato varieties. ♦ Improved varieties developed by the FCRI will be ii) The performance indicator will be the amount of new varieties ordered tested on a commercial scale for the first time. High in March 2002 quality seed of these new varieties will be supplied from WA seed specialists. This will achieve the objective of improving profits to growers through the adoption of improved varieties. ♦ The understanding of agricultural marketing iii) Development of business plans by local groups incorporating a systems by both potato growers and FCRI staff will marketing strategy and possible improve the various means growers have of development of export markets. collectively manipulating the supply of potatoes (and prices). This will improve profits to growers, ensuring that the increased production is marketed ...