Mr. Fujiwara Nobuyoshi and Dr. Minamikawa Kazunori from JIRCAS to visit CENRes from September 13th to 21st, 2018
From September 12th to 21st 2018, Mr. Fujiwara (Sub-Project leader) and Dr. Minamikawa (senior researcher) of the JIRCAS project (Japan International Research Center for Agriculture Sciences), will visit the College of Environment and Natural Resources, Can Tho University (CTU) in cooperation program between JIRCAS and CTU via the project “Development of agricultural technologies for reducing greenhouse gas emission from the Mekong Delta”. The goals of the visit will be:
- To discuss the utilization of anaerobic fermentation, taken from a common biogas digester, for rice cultivation as organic fertilizers.
- To set up a field monitoring station in the paddy field to monitor surface water levels as a useful tool for effective water control.
- To develop a research plan for a pilot-scale experiment at a farm household.
- To participate in the annual workshop of the JIRCAS project.
- Dr. Oda Masato and Mr. Uno Kenichi from JIRCAS to visit CENRes from September 4th to 27st, 2018 and September 17th to October 3rd, 2018, respectively.
- Seminar on “The impacts of climate change on agricultural production and biodiversity in the Mekong River Delta, Vietnam”
- seminar on “The adaption of local people in dyking areas preventing from floods in the Mekong Delta”
- The seminar on “An approach and the implementation of strategic environmental assessment”
- Environmental Change, Agricultural Sustainability, and Economic Development in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, Can Tho University, Can Tho, Vietnam March 25-27, 2010
- International conference on “Environmental Protection toward Sustainable Development”