First of all, I would like to send our warm greetings to our donors, partners, and all of the readers! Center for Rural Development in Central Vietnam (CRD) has been established for 26 years and now we continue with the mission of research, training, technology transfer, and policy advocacy in the field of agriculture and […]

Three technical handbooks on the process of (1) organic Ra Du wet rice cultivation, (2) Homalomena occulta L. cultivation under forest canopy, and (3) beef cattle semi-intensive farming were compiled by: MSc. Phan Van Hung Center for Rural Development in Central Vietnam (CRD) Dr. Trinh Thi Sen Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture and Forestry, […]

Introduction The handbook “Talking with Children and Children Protection” was developed by the Center for Rural Development in Central Vietnam (CRD), Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry within the framework of the project “Strengthening the capacity of society civil organizations on child rights governance” funded by Save the Children International in Vietnam. The handbook was […]

Stories of hope and resilience from forest communities around the world Due to the growing realisation that deforestation affects us all, five years ago a coalition of governments, businesses, civil society organisations and Indigenous Peoples’ groups made a historic pledge to halve deforestation by 2020. Yet this goal is nowhere near being realised. In fact, […]

This document proposes the process of establishing a network of local civil society organizations (VPA local network – VPAL), standard operating procedures to help related organizations perform their responsibilities thus effectively support local wood SMEs and IHBs during the CRD-CED-COPE 1 implementation of VPA/FLEGT as well as maintaining a sustainable network. Specifically, this document helps: […]