Đã có được lợi ích rõ ràng và chứng minh từ dự án này cho dê nhỏ chủ nông dân ở các khu vực trung tâm của Việt Nam. Những người đã được cung cấp vắc xin, thuốc men đã tìm thấy giảm tỷ lệ tử vong rất nhiều ở động vật của họ, kết quả tăng trưởng tốt hơn và một hồ bơi lớn hơn động vật để lựa chọn từ để bán hoặc chăn nuôi. Những người nông dân duy trì đàn dê của mình thông qua thời gian của địa phương hoảng loạn về dịch bệnh thủy đậu dê có lợi. | Collaboration for Agriculture and Rural Development CARD Program NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING GOAT PRODUCTION IN CENTRAL VIETNAM Project title The improvement and implementation of new appropriate technologies for improving goat production and increasing small-holder income in the central region of Vietnam Project code CARD 009 05 VIE Author s . Norton1 Dinh Van Binh2 and Nguyen Thi Mui2 Project implementing organizations 1 The University of Queensland UQ Brisbane Australia 2 Goat and Rabbit Research Centre GRRC NIAH MARD SUMMARY There have already been clear and demonstrated benefits from this Project for small-holder goat farmers in the central regions of Vietnam. Those that have been supplied with vaccines and medicines have found a greatly reduced mortality in their animals resulting in better growth and a bigger pool of animals to select from for sale or breeding. Farmers who maintained their goat herds through times of local panic about epidemics of goat pox now have the advantage of rapidly increasing prices for goats May-June 2009 as a result of many farmers selling their goats at an earlier time in response to the scare. All farmers remaining with the project have more than doubled their goat herd size in the past year and while they maintain them free of disease they will continue to produce goats for profit. Testimony to the benefits gained came from both small-holder farmers and the DARD staff when describing their experiences during the National Conference sponsored by the Project in Phan Rang Ninh Thuan in November 2008. A major focus of the project in the first year was the training of DARD officers from Ninh Thuan Binh Thuan and Lam Dong provinces in goat husbandry and management and these officers were then used to advise and teach farmers during the many workshops conducted and during on-farm visits. Both technical and senior management were included in the training programs building the capacity of all levels of participation farmers commune
