Agriculture and rural development

Agriculture, a mode a subsistance

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Benoît Trudel about the challenges of bamboo marketing

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Basic Education in Vietnam (in development)

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In Agriculture and Rural Development in Vietnam

The agricultural sector in Vietnam is undergoing major changes, due, in particular, to the coming into force of a new law on cooperatives in 2005. As a consequence, Uniterra's partners have made the development of agricultural services cooperatives their number one priority. In addition, actions have been undertaken to improve the management of the frequent natural disasters (cyclones and floods) that wreak havoc on the country.
Area: 332,000 km2 Population: 82.5 million (CIDA, 2004) Gross National Income (GNI) per capita: $480 US Vietnam is the world's third largest rice exporter. Other than rice, Vietnam's principal agricultural exports are green coffee and cassava. Agriculture accounts for 23% of GDP (2003) . Life expectancy at birth is 69 years (CIDA). Around six cyclones strike the country every year (Uniterra).	OUR PARTNERS IN VIETNAM Local officials in charge of Disaster Mitigation (DM) in the districts, communes and villages, as well as community groups in the Central Region The Federation of Tea Cooperatives and the membership of these cooperatives Thai Nguyen DARD Thanh Hoa DARD, Nhu Xuan and the Ba Thuoc People's Committee, as well as bamboo, cattle and vegetable cooperatives and their membership
REDUCE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER Food insecurity and malnutrition constitute priority sectors for Uniterra's partners in every country in its program: Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Malawi, Mali, Nepal, Niger, Senegal, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.