The overall objective of the project is to increase food security and income of rural Vietnamese in coastal communities by improving the profitability, and environmental sustainability, of intensive aquaculture in Vietnam. This addresses identified priorities of the CARD Program to build capacity in areas of fisheries and aquaculture and livestock feed improvement. This will be delivered by building the teaching and research base for aquaculture nutrition at the University of Fisheries (UoF) at Nha Trang. By developing this capability, aquaculture nutritional research carried out in Vietnam will develop cheaper, better and more environmentally responsible aquafeeds | Project Title Code Building Aquafeeds R D Capacity for Intensive Aquaculture in Vietnam Australian Personnel Dr Kevin C Williams Australian Institution CSIRO Division of Marine Research Vietnam Institution University of Fishery Project Duration July 2000 to June 2002 Project Description The overall objective of the project is to increase food security and income of rural Vietnamese in coastal communities by improving the profitability and environmental sustainability of intensive aquaculture in Vietnam. This addresses identified priorities of the CARD Program to build capacity in areas of fisheries and aquaculture and livestock feed improvement. This will be delivered by building the teaching and research base for aquaculture nutrition at the University of Fisheries UoF at Nha Trang. By developing this capability aquaculture nutritional research carried out in Vietnam will develop cheaper better and more environmentally responsible aquafeeds. Additionally aquaculture graduates and postgraduates in Vietnam will become more proficient in aquaculture. Objectives Aquaculture graduates and postgraduates in Vietnam will become more proficient in aquaculture feed technology with this knowledge being applied for long term benefits to Vietnamese culture. Through these mechanisms intensive aquaculture in Vietnam will become more ecologically sustainable and profitable. Australia will derive benefit through complementary research being carried out to develop formulated pelleted diets for the on-growing of tropical rock lobsters - an emerging aquaculture industry in Australia. These outcomes will be achieved by a Developing a collaborative aquafeed research project between CMR and UoF to facilitate technology transfer between Australia and Vietnam for the mutual benefit of aquaculture sectors of both countries b Providing training to increase the aquaculture nutrition skill base at UoF and to provide Vietnamese post-graduates with opportunities to study aquaculture .
