tailieunhanh - Báo cáo nghiên cứu nông nghiệp " Enhancing Tropical Beef Cattle Genetics, Reproduction and Animal Breeding Skills "

To enhance the local capacity for teaching, research and extension in agriculture and rural development, the QBII, AFFS, DPI proposes to focus its project on the key priority area of agriculture, and livestock improvement in Vietnam, and within these areas, to deliver activities in the disciplines of biotechnology and genetic improvement as highlighted as a priority area by the Government of Vietnam (GOV) in the Vietnam - Australia Development Cooperation Program, CARD Program Guidelines. Specifically, this project will focus on specialised training, in Australia and Vietnam, and curriculum development in Vietnamese universities and associated agricultural institutions, in the disciplines of. | Project Title Code Enhancing Tropical Beef Cattle Genetics Reproduction and Animal Breeding Skills Australian Personnel Dr Brian M. Burns Australian Institution Agency for Food and Fibre Sciences AFFS Queensland Beef Industry Institute QBII Department of Primary Industries DPI Vietnam Institution NIAH Quang Ngai DARD Hue University HUAF DakLak DARD Tay Nguyen University Livestock Company of Dak Lak Project Duration July 2000 - June 2002 Project Description To enhance the local capacity for teaching research and extension in agriculture and rural development the QBII AFFS DPI proposes to focus its project on the key priority area of agriculture and livestock improvement in Vietnam and within these areas to deliver activities in the disciplines of biotechnology and genetic improvement as highlighted as a priority area by the Government of Vietnam GOV in the Vietnam - Australia Development Cooperation Program CARD Program Guidelines. Specifically this project will focus on specialised training in Australia and Vietnam and curriculum development in Vietnamese universities and associated agricultural institutions in the disciplines of genetic improvement reproduction and animal breeding. Objectives This activity will contribute directly to the overall goal of the CARD program by enhancing tropical beef cattle genetics reproduction and animal breeding skills in Vietnamese R E staff and farming communities by - a Improving R E skills by providing short-term R E staff placements in the tropical beef production region of central Queensland Australia b Improving Vietnamese R E staff and farmer skills by providing three strategically located training workshops in Tropical Genetics Reproduction and Animal Breeding presented by Australian R E specialists in conjunction with those Vietnamese staff who received specialists training in Australia Section I - train the trainer . c Develop new educational materials through consultation and interaction with Vietnamese universities