Đánh giá tác động chi tiết của hơn 50 FFS tại 11 tỉnh, kết quả đào tạo hơn nông dân 2005-2006 cho thấy nhiều tác động có lợi. Nông dân gia tăng kiến thức và kỹ năng trong phát triển cây có múi và bảo vệ thực vật và nâng cao nhận thức của họ về lưu giữ hồ sơ, đăng bài thu hoạch và tiếp thị kết quả thay đổi đáng kể về thực hành nông dân trong FFS năm sau. Thay đổi thực hành bao gồm giảm thuốc trừ sâu sử dụng, thay đổi thuốc trừ sâu mềm mại, quản lý đất. | GAP Workshop in Binh Thuan 21-22 7 2008 Using FFS to enhance farmers knowledge and skills in citrus production management in the process of implementing GAP in the South of Vietnam Ho Van Chien Le Quoc Cuong 1 Oleg Nicetic Debbie Rae Robert Spooner-Hart 2 Tran Van Hai Duong Minh 3 1 Southern Regional Plant Protection Center 2 Western Sydney University 3 Can Tho University Summary The detailed impact assessment of more than 50 FFS across 11 provinces which resulted in the training of over 2 000 farmers from 2005 to 2006 showed many beneficial impacts. Farmers increased their knowledge and skill in citrus growing and plant protection and increased their awareness about record keeping post harvest and marketing resulting in considerable change of farmer practice in the year following FFS. Changed practices included reduced pesticide use change to softer pesticides better soil management with increased use of organic material and better canopy management. As a result of these changes a majority of farmers claimed increased net profits. Participation in FFS also resulted in reports of improved farmer health and health of the citrus agroecosystem. Social benefits of participation in FFS included increased mutual respect between FFS participants and strengthened farmer networks resulting in formation of more farmer clubs and cooperatives. Introduction During the 1980 s the economy of Vietnam depended on rice production with more than 80 percent of the population living in rural areas. Vegetables and fruit orchards were secondary crops. The average fruit plantation size was very small and many different varieties of fruit were grown in inter-cropped orchards. Since 1980 the Vietnamese Government has made significant changes to agricultural policy. In the Mekong River Delta many households were given approval to change land use from rice to miscellaneous gardening land and as a consequence larger fruit orchards of longan guava durian and citrus were grown in monocultures or
