Báo cáo khoa học nông nghiệp " Field workshop on assessing watermelon crop establishment and growth issues at ASINCV Vinh City " ppt

Measurable outcomes 18th July Field workshop on assessing watermelon crop establishment and growth issues at ASINCV Vinh City TOT 10 10 ASINCV staff able to identify root disease and w

Measurable outcomes

18th July Field workshop on assessing watermelon crop

establishment and growth issues at ASINCV Vinh City TOT 10 10 ASINCV staff able to identify root disease and watering issues on watermelons

20th July Presentation watermelon production – ASINCV July 20th TOT 25 ASINCV staff and Hung Dong commune

15-22nd

July Watermelon Workshop: Dr Rogers conducted workshops in Vinh City (Hung Dong Collective) on how to produce

watermelons under GAP principles and to review year 1

watermelon trial results

TOT 33 ASINCV vegetable staff aware of watermelon

production issues

28th Oct –

4th Nov Cabbage Workshop: Dr Rogers presented workshop at Quynh Luong between 28th October and 4th November

2007 on safe cabbage production techniques and to

oversee planting operations

TOT 31 Successful production of cabbage in Quynh

Luong and supply to Metro Hanoi

28th Oct –

4th Nov

Cabbage Workshop: Dr Rogers presented workshop at

Vinh City between 28th October and 4th November 2007

on safe cabbage production techniques and to oversee

planting operations

TOT 24 Successful production of cabbage in Hung Dong

and supply to Metro Hanoi

October

November Cabbage production FFS techniques: seedling production, planting, production, harvesting and handling - Quynh

Luong – ASINCV staff

FFS 35 Supply of 50 tonnes of high quality, clean

cabbage to Metro Hanoi

October

November

Cabbage production FFS techniques: seedling production,

planting, production, harvesting and handling - Hung

Dong (Vinh City) – ASINCV staff

FFS 21 Supply of 50 tonnes of high quality, clean

cabbage to Metro Hanoi

1st October Training on cabbage agronomic techniques at ASINCV by

Gordon Rogers TOT 15 ASINCV vegetable staff updated on cabbage agronomy techniques

December Field training in postharvest handling and monitoring

techniques at QL and HD (Vinh City) – Dr Jobling and

ASINCV staff

TOT 32 Supply of quality cabbage to Hanoi and local

market

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5

December

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and post harvest

workshops were run at Quynh Luong Dr Jobling

TOT 33 Farmers using Integrated Pest Management

(IPM), a GAP principle, thus crops in excellent condition Farmers have kept written records in booklets specially prepared as the first step to developing and on farm QA system

6th

December Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and post harvest workshops were run at Vinh Dr Jobling TOT 25 Farmers using Integrated Pest Management (IPM), a GAP principle, thus crops in excellent

condition Farmers have kept written records in booklets specially prepared as the first step to developing and on farm QA system

3-5th

December Vietnamese (5) and Australian (1) collaborators attended GAP training workshop in Hanoi 3 - 5th December 2007

for tomato and cucumber production

TOT 6 Many principles discussed at this meeting were

also relevant to cabbage and watermelon and will

be included in the GAP manuals produced for this project

12th – 18th

August Two Vietnamese scientists from ASINCV visited Australia The scientists visited Australian growers and

markets They also worked with the Australian partners to

develop aspects of the GAP manual and particularly the

quality assurance aspects based on the NSW Department

of Primary Industries FreshCare® program

Overseas Training 2 Principles incorporated into VietGAP best

practice guide

Measurable outcomes

14th-22nd

January Marketing training by John Baker presented at Quynh Luong, Vinh city and in store promotion at Metro Thang

Long John Baker made presentations to Metro staff on

handling and promotion on 21st January 2008

TOT 65 Stickers for the cabbages have been printed to

highlight that they have been produced in a

“clean” way Marketing plan developed and submitted with milestone 4

16th

January A training workshop was held at ASINCV on 16th January 2008 on harvesting, postharvest handling and marketing at

ASINCV in Vinh City

TOT 21 Supply of 50 tonnes of high quality cabbage to

Metro Hanoi and also supplied local market in Vinh

23rd

January Follow up workshops on GAP-compliant cabbage: harvesting, postharvest, marketing and transport were

conducted at Quynh Luong

TOT 33 Supply of 50 tonnes of high quality cabbage to

Metro Hanoi and also supplied local market in Vinh

2nd – 4th

April Dr Rogers present a paper on the project to the Fresh Produce Vietnam conference in Ho Chi Minh City (2008)

In addition, Dr Chuong and Mr Cuong were invited to

attend the conference

TOT 3 Presentation submitted to CARD

5th June Marketing presentation to Mr Thai and other fresh produce

staff at Metro Thang Long Hanoi TOT 10 Marketing plan submitted to CARD

3rd June John Baker Developed marketing plans for watermelons

with farmers and Metro, Hanoi and presented at Quynh

Luong

TOT 33 Marketing plan submitted to CARD

3rd June John Baker Developed marketing plans for watermelons

with farmers and Metro, Hanoi and presented at Dien TOT 40 Marketing plan submitted to CARD

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Phuong

4th June John Baker Developed marketing plans for watermelons

with farmers and Metro, Hanoi and presented at Hung

Dong, Vinh City

TOT 24 Marketing plan submitted to CARD

3rd June Each marketing workshop was followed by in-field

training by Mike Titley in the watermelon crops being

grown at Quynh Luong

TOT 33 Report submitted with milestone 8

3rd June Each marketing workshop was followed by in-field

training by Mike Titley in the watermelon crops being

grown at Dien Phuong

TOT 40 Report submitted with milestone 8

4th June Each marketing workshop was followed by in-field

training by Mike Titley in the watermelon crops being

grown at Hung Dong, Vinh City

TOT 24 Report submitted with milestone 8

4th June Workshop was help by Mike Titley on IPM and

watermelon crop management ASINCV and MARD staff

attended

TOT 15

June - July FFS on watermelon production and marketing one at the

Agricultural Science Institute of Northern Central Vietnam

(ASINCV) at Vinh

FFS 24 Report submitted with milestone 8

June - July FFS on watermelon production and marketing one at

Quynh Luong and included five women farmers FFS 33 Report submitted with milestone 8

June - July FFS on watermelon production and marketing one at Dien

September

October Farmer Field Schools were conducted weekly by ASINCV staff to cover all stages of cabbage production from the

production of bare-rooted seedlings, soil preparation,

fertilizer application, planting, irrigation, pest and disease

control (IPM), harvesting, record keeping, postharvest

handling, and marketing Quynh Luong

FFS 32 Successful supply of cabbage crop to Metro

Hanoi and local markets

September

October Farmer Field Schools were conducted weekly by ASINCV staff to cover all stages of cabbage production from the

production of bare-rooted seedlings, soil preparation,

fertilizer application, planting, irrigation, pest and disease

control (IPM), harvesting, record keeping, postharvest

handling, and marketing Hung Dong, Vinh City

FFS 29 Successful supply of cabbage crop to Metro

Hanoi and local markets

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September

October

Farmer Field Schools were conducted weekly by ASINCV

staff to cover all stages of cabbage production from the

production of bare-rooted seedlings, soil preparation,

fertilizer application, planting, irrigation, pest and disease

control (IPM), harvesting, record keeping, postharvest

handling, and marketing Dien Phuong commune

FFS 36 Successful supply of cabbage crop to Metro

Hanoi and local markets

22nd Sept

– 3rd Oct

Cabbage Workshop: Dr Rogers visited between 22nd

September and 3rd October 2008 and presented workshops

at Vinh City and Quynh Luong Commune on safe cabbage

production, and reviewed plans for the coming season He

also visited Metro Hanoi to review supply requirements

Cabbage variety demonstration trials which were set up at

Quynh Luong and Hung Dong and used as by farmers to

assist in variety selection

TOT 33+21 High quality cabbage supplied to Hanoi and local

markets

10th – 17th

December John Baker and Gordon Rogers visited 10

th – 17thDecember 2008 to conduct workshops on harvesting,

supply and marketing and planning of crop supply

schedules to fine-tune supply for the coming season

Current plantings and supply schedules were reviewed for

cabbage, watermelon, carrots, tomatoes and Chinese

cabbage

TOT 51 Supply models developed Expansion of the

number from crops being supplied to Metro from Quynh Luong from 2 to 5 to include carrots, tomatoes and Chinese cabbage

February Three scholars from ASINCV Mr Canh, Ms Quyen and

Mr Thang visited Australia in February 2008 They

visited farms, retailers and marketers in Australia and

attended the Australian Melon Conference in Ipswich,

Queensland during their visit

Overseas Training 3

Measurable outcomes

7th March Review supply of cabbage and other crops to Metro Hanoi

and to local markets Assess cause and solution to bacterial

soft rot problems with cabbage crops and follow up with

training activities at ASINCV Develop a new crop supply

plan from Nghe An to Metro John Baker, Jenny Jobling,

Gordon Rogers

TOT 25 Cabbage supplied to Metro Hanoi and local

markets from March to April 2009 See report attached to milestone 10

9th March A training course on GAP for vegetables was conducted

by John Baker and Gordon Rogers at ASINCV in Vinh

during March 2009 The course focussed harvesting and

transport of watermelons for the coming summer 2009

season

TOT 25 New cropping plan developed for 2009

April-May FFS run at Quynh Luong commune The topics of the

courses were aspects of safe vegetable production for

watermelon The topics were focussed on agronomic best

practice and harvesting for watermelon production and

were conducted by ASINCV staff

FFS 30 High quality crops including watermelon,

cabbage, Chinese cabbage, carrots and tomatoes now being supplied to Hanoi and local markets

April-May FFS run at Hung Dong communes The topics of the

courses were aspects of safe vegetable production for

watermelon The topics were focussed on agronomic best

practice and harvesting for watermelon production and

were conducted by ASINCV staff

FFS 22 High quality crops including watermelon,

cabbage, Chinese cabbage, carrots and tomatoes now being supplied to Hanoi and local markets

14th May A training course on IPM for vegetables was conducted by

Tim Kimpton at ASINCV in May 2009 focussing

developing and implementing IPM and IDM (Integrated

Disease Management) for both watermelon and cabbage

production This was attended by ASINCV staff, Quynh

Luong and Hung Dong commune staff

TOT 45 New disease control program developed and

submitted to CARD Report submitted with milestone 9

July-August

FFS run at Quynh Luong commune The topics of the

courses were aspects of safe vegetable production for

watermelon The topics were focussed on agronomic best

FFS 31 High quality crops including watermelon,

cabbage, Chinese cabbage, carrots and tomatoes now being supplied to Hanoi and local markets

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practice and harvesting for cabbage production and were

conducted by ASINCV staff

July-August FFS run at Hung Dong commune The topics of the courses were aspects of safe vegetable production for

watermelon The topics were focussed on agronomic best

practice and harvesting for cabbage production and were

conducted by ASINCV staff

FFS 23 High quality crops including watermelon,

cabbage, Chinese cabbage, carrots and tomatoes now being supplied to Hanoi and local markets

September FFS run at Quỳnh Lương commune The training focussed

on the production of cabbage Topics included the

planning of vegetable supply to the market (scheduling), a

review of agronomic best practice and harvesting

techniques The training was conducted by ASINCV staff

FFS 30 FFS was run by ASINCV staff using the

VietGAP manuals as a guide to material covered

Mr Giap led the fieldwork and agronomy, crop planning and harvesting Mr Hai presented material on agronomy

September FFS run at Hưng Đông commune The training focussed

on the production of cabbage Topics included the

planning of vegetable supply to the market (scheduling), a

review of agronomic best practice and harvesting

techniques The training was conducted by ASINCV staff

FFS 21 FFS was run by ASINCV staff using the

VietGAP manuals as a guide to material covered

Mr Giap led the fieldwork and agronomy, crop planning and harvesting Mr Hai presented material on agronomy

November GAP Launch and training at Vinh City ASINCV staff, QL representatives and HD farmers and staff TOT 61 VietGAP manuals launched and training given on their use Quynh Luong commune leader (Mr

Sao) said farmers now financially better off (sales and higher prices) and healthier because they are not handling toxic chemical

Vietnam Project Report Marketing Report March 2009

3 For the three subsequent harvests the price was very low (1,000 Dong/kg), so farmers either sold

to local collectors or ploughed in the crops

4 Thai said the quality was not good, because the heads were soft

5 Production data is being recorded for the project and good information was shown by Mr Cuong The data will be supplied in English to the project leader

6 Cabbage still scheduled to be harvested (and Cuong undertook to confirm the schedule, plus whether the timing is earlier than scheduled, and if the 27 April entry is correct ) is as follows, with significant volume in late March/early April:

Harvest Date Source Volume (tonnes)

Note: 13.1 tonnes forecast between 29 March and 5 April

7 When presented with the data, Thai undertook to recommence supply, with a small order to be placed next week This was an excellent outcome from the meeting Prices should increase in April, when local (Hanoi) production normally ends

8 ACTION:

o Cuong to confirm cabbage volumes and timing, plus check if 27 April harvest is correct

o Cuong to translate the production data into English and forward to Gordon

Watermelon

1 Production is forecast to commence in early April and continue to July, totalling around 100 tonnes, with supply from three communes, as follows:

5 April Dien Phong (DP) new 6

June - July New site south 1 hectare: 30 tonnes

2 Farmers were very happy with the results and prices from last season (and are still happy)

3 The estimated production schedule (volume and timing) was presented to Thai, who said he can take all the production, for sale through the three Metro stores in the north

4 The opening price offered by Thai was 7,000 Dong/kg, which is up significantly on last year’s good prices, so the farmers should be even happier Poor quality from the Mekong Delta is a helpful factor

5 Poster and fruit labels were requested by Metro to be used again, to help promote the sales of the watermelons In-store sampling of the melons will also be undertaken by Metro

6 ACTION:

• Cuong to provide contact details to Thai for new supply communes at Dien Phong and south of Vinh, who are both growing watermelons for the first time

• Cuong to order more watermelon stickers for the fruit

• John to arrange for three new watermelon posters and send to Thai

Tomatoes

1 Quality was good but prices were too low for farmers

2 Thai said best prices are normally in summer – April to October, when the main supply is from China

Chinese Cabbage

1 Farmers planted the wrong variety (even though Cuong offered to supply them with the correct seed) , so metro did not accept the product

2 Thais said there is good potential if the correct variety is grown (like that in Dalat and

Australia) – long and bulky

3 ACTION: John to check with Thai when carrot prices are best

Continuity on Project Completion

1 Both the farmers and Metro are keen for the relationship to continue after the project finishes at the end of the year

2 A suggestion strongly supported by both Cuong and Thai was to hold “transition”

workshops for each of the participating farmer groups, covering production, scheduling and recording, coordinating communication and supply with Metro etc Suggested timing was late September/October, prior to the next main round of plantings Thai offered to participate in the workshops The workshop for Hung Dung commune could be held at the Institute, so staff would also benefits by learning new skills

3 The on-going role of the Institute in coordination, quality supervision, residue testing etc, needs to be determined, as these are all important components for the future success for the farmers

4 Thai was also keen to work with the farmers in the potential new production high altitude area near the Lao border, if the ACIAR project proposal is approved This could add to both timing of supply and diversity of crops

John Baker

March 2009

vegetable programs Metro Cash and Carry and Quynh Luong commune   

The Quynh Luong commune has been participating in the project CARD VIE 06‐021 since its  inception in 2006 and until now, have a social season production of cabbage, providing 28  tons a month between May and 2007, and about 50 tons of watermelons between six  months ‐ July 2008.  

Key features of the arrangement is the depth supported available to participants and  mutual interest in establishing effective relationships between long‐term Metro Cash and  Carry, and grower organizations as Quynh Luong commune. The idea to build the 

Mr. Thai, management of fresh produce, supported strongly about building long‐term  linkages with farmers groups such as Quynh Luong commune.  

Cabbage         

Chinese  Cabbage         

Tomatoes         

Watermelon         

Susu         

Carrots