Phone: 84-292.3832475; Fax: 84-292-3831270; E-mail: fsre@ctu.edu.vn
I. Introduction
The Department of Agricultural Development was established based on combining two Departments: Crop Resources and Agricultural Systems. Department of Agricultural Development is a training unit in parallel with applied research and science - technology transfer. The Department's mission is to cooperate with other Colleges and Institutes in Can Tho University and other Universities to manage the training courses, participate in teaching, research, and transfer science- technology achievements that have results from the research.
Human resources: 07 lecturers, 02 assistant researchers and 01 technician, including 01 Asso. Prof., 05 PhDs, 02 masters, 01 engineer 01 technician.
Facilities for training and researching
Laboratory: 03
(1) Bio-chemistry: rice grain quality analysis, grain testing, invitro, genetic analysis;
(2) Crop genetic resources conservation;
(3) Showroom of traditional farm implements.
Rice processing room: dryers, milling;
Farm: 02 farms for rice trail and rice farming system: (1) Hoa An campus (5.0 ha) and (2) Co Do farm (7.5 ha).
II. Main activities
1. Educating and training
The Department has managed the Msc program in Agricultural Systems and taught as well as supervised for BSc, MSc, PhD students/candidates in many Schools, Colleges in Can Tho University and others relating disciplinaries such as agriculture, rural development, environment, climate changes, smart land use, adaptive farming systems.
The Department has taught many subjects for BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees as follows:
- Agricultural techniques group: Rice sciences, Rice farming systems, Food security, Extension, Advanced technologies, GAPs, Food quality evaluation.
- Management and system group: Farming systems, Agricultural systems, Production ecology, Community development, Rural events, Decision support systems, Human resource management, Cropping systems, Agricultural land-use planning.
2. Research and technologies transferring
The Department has studied, consulted, and transferred many scientific products on the fields:
- Agricultural systems, Sustainable farming systems, organic farming systems;
- Ecologies, landscape, and agricultural biodiversity;
- Multi-function and precision agriculture (smart farming);
- Food security;
- Agriculture development and planning, smart land uses;
- Producing organization and regional planning.
- In-situ and Ex-situ conservation (gene bank);
Research activities and consultancies range from community to district, province, and regional levels.
3. Collaboration and development
In Vietnam: The Department has collaborated with MARD, DARDs (Ministry/Department of Agriculture and Rural Development), MONRE/DONRE (Ministry/Department of Natural Resources and Environment), MOST/DOST (Ministry/Department of Sciences and Technologies) of provinces to undertake projects and studies in the fields of rural development, agriculture, environment, and climate changes.
International: The Department has collaborated and been a partner with many international Universities, International Research Institutes, NGOs (in and outside of Vietnam). Particularly, the Department has many research relationships in agriculture, climate changes, rural development, environment with organizations such as DFAT, CSIRO, ACIAR, the University of Queensland, RMIT University (Australia), WB, ADB, IUCN, IFC, IRRI, CARE international, GIZ, CIDA, IFAD, OXFAM, USAID, Netherlands’ Embassy in Vietnam, USA’ Embassy in Vietnam, UNDP, SEARICE, CROP TRUST, IPGRI, FAO.
III. Organization and personal
Head of Department: Nguyen Thanh Tam, PhD.
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No. |
Full name |
Job title |
Major |
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1 |
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Huynh Quang Tin |
Lecturer |
Production ecology and resources conservation |
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2 |
Dr. Vu Anh Phap |
Vice Director, lecturer |
Crop science |
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3 |
Dr. Nguyen Hong Tin |
Lecturer |
Natural resources management |
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4 |
Dr. Nguyen Thanh Binh |
Lecturer |
Agriculture |
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5 |
Dr. Dang Kieu Nhan |
Director, lecturer |
Agricultural systems |
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6 |
Msc. Nguyen Hoang Khai |
Lecturer |
Rural Development |
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7 |
Dr. Nguyen Thanh Tam |
Head of Department, Lecturer |
Agrobiology |
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|
8 |
Msc. Ho Chi Thinh |
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Land management |
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9 |
Bsc. Nguyen Huu Loi |
|
Rural Development |
|
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10 |
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Liem |
|
Agriculture |
2. Projects
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No. |
Projects |
Period |
Clients |
Contact |
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1 |
Adaptive strategies for natural resources use to climate change and sea level rise in the coastal Mekong Delta, Vietnam |
2019 - 2021 |
JICA, Dragon Institute |
dknhan@ctu.edu.vn |
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2 |
Research on enhancing local water governance in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam |
2020 |
UNDP, VNWP |
ntbinh02@ctu.edu.vn |
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3 |
Adapting agriculture to climate change: Participatory evaluation of crop wild relative introgressed genetic resources in rice in the Mekong Delta |
2018-2020 |
Crop Trust, TTKN, CC.TT-BVTV, TTG |
hqtin@ctu.edu.vn |
|
4 |
National consultant on social participation and smallholder system for the GEF project formulation |
2019 |
FAO |
ntbinh02@ctu.edu.vn |
|
5 |
Institutional coordination for sustainable development of the Plain of Reeds |
2018-2019 |
DoST of Dong Thap, Long An and Tien Giang |
dknhan@ctu.edu.vn |
|
6 |
Landscape salinity management for agricultural production improvement in the Mekong Delta |
2015 - 2019 |
IAEA/FAO |
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|
7 |
Supporting certification and development for farmer’s rice varieties in An Giang province |
2015-2019 |
DoST of An Giang |
hqtin@ctu.edu.vn |
|
8 |
Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) in Soc Trang |
2017 -2018 |
Oxfam – Viet Nam |
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|
9 |
Need assessment in transforming ecological systems under “new normal” context of water scarcity in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta |
2017-2018 |
CISIRO |
ntbinh02@ctu.edu.vn |
|
10 |
Improving the rice seed production and scaling up aromatic rice variety MTL372 in the Mekong Delta |
2016-2018 |
MOET |
|
|
11 |
Natural resource governance for sustainable livelihoods in the flood zone, Mekong Delta (Lower Mekong Public Policy Initiative program) |
2016-2018 |
Havard University Ash Center/FUV |
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|
12 |
Assessment of agricultural transformation to household income in new rural communes of the Mekong Delta |
2016-2018 |
MOET |
ntbinh02@ctu.edu.vn |
|
13 |
Improvement of Extension for applying better farming system and cultivation techniques for poor farmers in the Mekong Delta |
2015- 2016, 2018 |
JICA, SOFRI |
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|
14 |
Growing diversity = Harvesting food security (SD=HS) |
2015 -2018 |
SEARICE, Trung tâm, CC.BVTV cáctỉnh |
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|
15 |
Evaluating the effect of temperature and harvesting stages on rice grain chalkiness characteristics |
2017 |
CTU |
ngttam@ctu.edu.vn |
|
16 |
Evaluation of on-farm experimental models in 2016 by Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Tra Vinh province |
2017 |
AMD/IFAD |
ntbinh02@ctu.edu.vn |
|
17 |
A power-smart social resilience analysis of flood intervention in the delta: The case of Vietnam |
2017 |
WUR |
ntbinh02@ctu.edu.vn |
|
18 |
Adaptive development of agriculture and environment to climate change in the Mekong Delta |
2015-2017 |
Wageningen University |
|
|
19 |
Impacts of social safeguards for hydropower plants on livelihoods of vulnerable people in the Vietnamese 3S basin (Srepok, Sesan, and Sekong) |
2016 |
USAID |
ntbinh02@ctu.edu.vn |
|
20 |
Pilot project to improve on-farm irrigation efficiency in the southwest region in the Mekong Delta |
2015 |
World Bank and MARD |
ntbinh02@ctu.edu.vn |
|
21 |
Rural-urban linkage under urbanization: A case study in Can Tho city |
2015 |
CTU |
ntbinh02@ctu.edu.vn |
|
22 |
Planning for glutinous rice production in Long An province |
2012-2015 |
DoST of Long An |
dknhan@ctu.edu.vn |
|
23 |
Rehabilitation selection for Huyet rong rice variety in Long An province |
2012-2015 |
DoST of Long An |
hqtin@ctu.edu.vn |
|
24 |
Vietnam Low Carbon Rice production pilot (VLCRP) |
2011-2015 |
EDF, TTKN, CC.BVTV |
hqtin@ctu.edu.vn |
|
25 |
Strengthening capacity for farmers and research institutions on agricultural research and extension systems (FARES) |
2011-2015 |
SEARICE, TTKN, TTG, CC.BVTV |
hqtin@ctu.edu.vn |
|
26 |
Climate change adaptive land uses of rice-based farming systems (CLUES) – Theme: farming system and socio-economic analysis |
2011-2015 |
CSIRO, IRRI, CLRRI |
|
|
27 |
Gender vulnerability assessment for the Ca Mau province in the context of climate change |
2014 |
GIZ |
ntbinh02@ctu.edu.vn |
|
28 |
Measuring gas emission in rice cultivation |
2012-2014 |
WB-ACP, CC.BVTV, TTKN |
hqtin@ctu.edu.vn |
|
29 |
Developing community seed supply system in Hau Giang province |
2012-2014 |
DoST of Hau Giang |
hqtin@ctu.edu.vn |
|
30 |
Applying Biotechnology to select aromatic rice lines for Dong Thap province |
2011-2014 |
DoST of Dong Thap |
ngttam@ctu.edu.vn |
|
31 |
Water-related information system for sustainable development of Mekong Delta (WISDOM) |
2009-2014 |
CTU |
ntbinh02@ctu.edu.vn |
|
32 |
Effective factors to livelihoods and solutions for sustainable livelihoods of poor fishers in the flooded areas of An Giang province |
2013 |
CTU |
ntbinh02@ctu.edu.vn |
|
33 |
Strategic options for adaptive agricultural production to salinity intrusion in coastal Mekong Delta, Vietnam (Mekong Futures project) |
2010 - 2013 |
CSIRO, SIWRR, DRAGON) |
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|
34 |
Identify the genetic of chalkiness property of MTL250 rice variety |
2012 |
CTU |
ngttam@ctu.edu.vn |
|
35 |
Water governance assessment – the case of Mekong Delta, Vietnam |
2011 |
Deltares |
ntbinh02@ctu.edu.vn |
|
36 |
Assessment of vulnerability to salinity intrusion in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam |
2011 |
CTU |
ntbinh02@ctu.edu.vn |
|
37 |
Varietal selection by mutant approach on three rice varieties namely MTL250, Nanh Chon and Nep Than |
2010 |
CTU |
ngttam@ctu.edu.vn |