The project was carried out in the 5-year period of 2009-2013 in eight provinces, including Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Binh Dinh, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan, Lam Dong, Gia Lai, Dak Lak.
The project focused on building linkages in the production of agricultural products in each regional advantage, including rice, tea, coffee, dragon fruit, pepper, cashew, etc. The project was funded by the World Bank and International Development Association of Canadian Government, with a total capital of $75 million, of which the ODA gets nearly $60 million, the rest are reciprocal capital of Vietnam and the involved businesses.
During the 5 years of implementing the project, 154 researches applying new farming model is transferred to businesses and farmers, including 21 sustainable pilots of rice farming in the Mekong Delta provinces. At the same time, 105 league affiliates in production have been established; the 186 small-scale infrastructure projects for production have been upgraded. Specifically, the project has contributed to enhance market accessibility to nearly 100,000 farmers through the transfer and application of new production technologies. Thereby, farmers’ income is improved.
