Floating Rice in Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar
REPORT Floating Rice in Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar Nguyen & Pittock 2016 Photo Credits Front and back covers Floating rice, Mekong Delta, Vietnam Kien van Nguyen, 2013 Inside front cover High Yielding Variety Rice, Mekong Delta, Vietnam David Dumaresq, 2015 Page 3 Fishing in floating rice field, Mekong Delta, Vietnam Kien van Nguyen, 2016 Page 18 Rural village in the dry season, Mekong River Floodplain, Cambodia David Dumaresq, 2015 Page 21 Harvesting floating rice, Mekong Delta, Vietnam Kien van Nguyen, 2015 Floating Rice in Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar Scoping floating rice-based agro-ecological farming systems for a healthy society and adaptation to climate change in the Lower Mekong Region and Myanmar Synthesis Report Based on Submitted Country Reports, Interviews and Field Observations Prepared by Dr. Van Kien Nguyen, Luc Hoffmann Institute Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University & Director, Research Center for Rural Development, An Giang University In consultation with Mr David Dumaresq, Dumaresq Consulting Pty Ltd, Canberra, Australia Key investigators Associate Professor Jamie Pittock, Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University Dr. Van Kien Nguyen, Luc Hoffmann Institute Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University & Director, Research Center for Rural Development, An Giang University Country Partners Vietnam - Research Center for Rural Development An Giang University (AGU) Cambodia- ECOLAND Research Center Royal University of Agriculture (RUA) Myanmar - Cooperative University, Thalyin, Myanmar and Research Association for Development (ARD) 2 Abstract The principle finding of this research project is that there is widespread and increasing recognition of the value and benefits of growing floating rice in the Lower Mekong Region for the countries of Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar.
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