1. Achievements of IFAD - Grant project
Nos. 532 and 954/ICRISAT/VAAS
in Vietnam
NT. Chinh, and Team
Vietnam Academy of Agricultural sciences
Hanoi, Vietnam

2. Crops: Groundnut, Soybean and Mungbean. Main Project locations:
Project Partners:
Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences (VAAS)
IFAD loan-financed project:
- RIPD Tuyen Quang ( )
- IMPP Ha Tinh ( )
- DBRP Cao Bang (2011)
3. Local Government (Department of Agriculture & Agricultural Extension of Tuyen Quang, Cao Bang and Ha Tinh provinces)
Crops: Groundnut, Soybean and Mungbean.
Main Project locations:
Chiem Hoa district of Tuyen Quang province (IFAD Grant
No 532 and No 954)
Huong Son and Loc Ha disticts of Ha Tinh Province (IFAD
Grant No 954)
Trung Khanh district of Cao Bang province (IFAD Grant No
954)

3. Main activities FP-ICM in groundnut, soybean and mungbean
FPVs in groundnut, soybean and mungbean
FP-ICM in groundnut, soybean and mungbean
Up and out scaling of FPV and FP-ICM in
groundnut,soybean and mungbean
Seed system
Value addition and linkages with market
Mainstreaming FPRE in NARS and its impact
Impact assessment of FP legume technologies
Knowledge empowerment of farmers and other
stakeholders

4. Major achievements: List of farmer-preferred varieties (FPVs)
Groundnut: Varieties L 14 and L 23 with high yield, large seed size, resistance to foliar diseases and wide adaptation with capability to withstand moisture stress.
Soybean: Varieties DT 26, DT84 and DVN 14 with high yield, medium growth-duration, suitable for autumn-winter season of Cao Bang and Tuyen Quang provinces
Mungbean: Varieties DX 11 and DX 17 with high yield
( ton ha-1), good quality, short and medium growth-duration, suitable for autumn season of Ha Tinh province.

5. Major achievements (cont):
2. Farmer participatory ICM
Groundnut
Seed treatment: With Rovral 3g kg-1 of seed to
control Aspergillus niger and Sclerotium rolfsii
Fertilizers: Balanced NPK fertilizers application (30:90:60),
8-10 ton of manure fertilizer or microorganism-organic
fertilizer Song Giang
Lime application: 400 kg ha-1 of lime applied in two split
doses (before sowing and 10 days after flowering)
Plant density: plants m-2
Plant protection: Spray of Daconil two times (40 and 60
10 L-1 of water to control foliar diseases

6. Major achievements (cont):
2. Farmer participatory ICM
Soybean
Fertilizers: 1ton of manure + 40 kg N + 60 kg P205 +
60 kg K20 ha-1 [(manure, superphosphate as basal
application; nitrogen and potassium as top dressing
two times (at 2-3 leaf and before flowering stage)]
Plant density: plants m-2
Plant protection: Sprays of Regent, Sumidicin as
and when needed to control bud mite, leaf roller and
pod borer

7. Major achievements (cont):
2. Farmer participatory ICM
Mungbean
Fertilizers: 40 N + 60 P K20,
[(superphosphate as basal application; nitrogen and
potassium as top dressing two times (at 3-4 leaf
stage and at 6-7 leaf stage)]
Plant density: 20 plants m-2 in autumn season
Plant protection: Use insecticide to control aphids,
broad mite, pod borer and leaf roller (Regent,
Padan, BTWP etc. ) when needed.

8. Major achievements (cont):
3. Up and out scaling of FPVs and ICM technologies
Chiem Hoa district, Tuyen Quang province
Groundnut: Groundnut yield has increased from 1.76 t ha-1 in 2002 (before the project) to 3.19 t ha-1 in 2011 and the groundnut area from 1197 ha in 2002 to 3004 ha in About 94% of the groundnut area is covered by FPVs L 14 and L 23. More than 40% farmers have adopted new technologies.
Soybean: Additional cropping season after harvesting summer rice – winter soybean season- by growing soybean varieties DT 84 and DT 26 has improved income for farmers by about million VND ha-1 ( US$). Earlier after summer rice fields were kept fallows.

9. Major achievements (cont):
3. Up and out scaling of FPVs and ICM technologies
Huong Son district, Ha Tinh province
Groundnut: With the introduction of two new groundnut varieties, groundnut yield of Huong Son has increased from 1.64 t ha-1 in 2007 to 2.28 t ha-1 in The total production increased from 4275 ton in 2007 to 5651 ton in 2011 while groundnut area remained the same.
Mungbean: Two mungbean varieties (DX 11 and DX 17) were preferred by farmers. These varieties of mungbean can be grown in autumn season in fallow lands increasing the cropping intensity to two crops in a year. Addition of one autumn mungbean season increased farmers’ income by million VND ha-1 ( US$).

10. Major achievements (cont):
4. Seed production
In Tuyen Quang province, in recent years, farmers produced about ton of groundnut seed each year in autumn season. The produce not only self-supported enough seed for spring groundnut season of Tuyen Quang province but also was sold to farmers in the neighboring districts/ provinces.
 In HaTinh province is a new location therefore farmers produced only ton groundnut seed each year, which was not sufficient to meet the local needs.

11. Major achievements (cont):
5. Value addition and linkages with market
Traditional supply chain
Exporters
big aggregators
small aggregators
Farmers
Transporters
Traders
Domestic consumption
Too many number of intermediaries  high supply cost  reduce farm gate price and farmer’s income.
New supply chain
Export
Trader Companies
(Thanh Sen distribute cooperative)
Producers
SHG
Domestic consumption
Less number of intermediaries, benefited farmers in terms of higher prices and reduced transaction costs. Farmers benefited to the extent of 100 VND kg-1 groundnut sold.

12. Major achievements (cont):
6. Knowledge empowerment of farmers and other stakeholders
Thousands of extension workers and farmers from project locations were trained in varietal selection, crop management, seed production and safe storage practices. Thousands of leaflets in local language were distributed to farmers and other stakeholders. In addition, many farmers’ field days that involved thousands of farmers and local officials were also organized.

13. Lessons learnt
Select locations where farmers and local officials express interest in project activities. Similarly, select carefully promising varieties and ICM and other technologies that are cost effective and farmer-friendly.
Establish linkages between scientists and extension workers, extension workers and farmers and farmers to farmers.
Liaise with local Goverments and provincial projects to ensure up- and out-scaling of FPVs and other technologies in a sustainable manner