Author Archives: crdvietnam
23/12/2024
The quiz competition themed “Understanding Climate Change and Climate-Smart Agriculture” took place last November in A Luoi district, drawing significant interest and enthusiastic participation from local communities. The event was co-organized by the Women’s Union of A Luoi district and Center for Rural Development in Central Vietnam (𝗖𝗥𝗗), University of Agriculture and Forestry, Hue University, […]
21/12/2024
The quiz competition themed “Understanding Climate Change and Climate-Smart Agriculture”, held last November in A Luoi District, attracted enthusiastic participation and strong interest from the local community. The event was co-organized by the A Luoi District Women’s Union and the Center for Rural Development in Central Vietnam (CRD) – department of Hue University of Agriculture and […]
17/12/2024
On December 17, 2024, the Center for Rural Development in Central Vietnam (CRD), Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry, organized a workshop to present the findings of a survey on social organizations regarding the establishment of a collaborative group for community forest management and biodiversity conservation. The event was held within the framework of the […]
25/10/2024
CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE AND DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT A Luoi is one of the two mountainous districts in Thua Thien Hue province, with a high percentage of ethnic minority households (76%). With a high poverty rate (over 35% in A Roang, A Luoi district), local livelihoods heavily depend on agricultural cultivation, which in turn generates methane […]
23/10/2024
SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD DEVELOPME NT Currently, in local communes of A Luoi district, Hue province, the majority of pig-farming households do not utilize local feed such as taro, bananas, corn flour, and rice bran, They mainly use industrial feed to raise pigs. However, this farming method is only suitable for large-scale farm husbandry with high investment […]
21/10/2024
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION Like other ethnic minority communities living in the mountainous forests of Central Vietnam, the Co Tu people in Thuong Lo commune, Nam Dong district ,Thua Thien Hue province have traditionally used indigineous medicinal plants to treat illnesses or using as food. However, currently, several herbal plant species that used […]
09/04/2024
First of all, I would like to send our warm greetings to our donors, partners, and all of the readers! The global picture of 2023 was defined by polycrises —depicted by the brutality of wars, the lingering aftermath of COVID-19, food insecurity, economic downturn and inflation, as well as climate change reaching alarm levels worldwide. […]
09/04/2023
Warm greetings to donors, partners and readers! The year 2022 was considered a year of “polycrisis” worldwide, with severe instabilities regarding the economy, energy, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. In Vietnam, the post-COVID-19 economic crisis, combined with the increasingly complex and erratic nature of natural disasters that caused numerous negative impacts on people’s lives, […]
11/03/2022
25/08/2020
Dear partners, donors, readers, and colleagues, The Centre for Rural Development in Central Vietnam (CRD), affiliated with the University of Agriculture and Forestry, Hue University, was established in 1995 with the mission of serving agricultural and rural development, primarily in the Central provinces. Over the past 24 years, CRD has operated actively, continuously innovated and […]