Australian project promotes gender equality in agriculture
The Australian Government-funded “Integrating gender in agricultural value-chain research” project looks to settle gender social constrains, encourage ethnic men and women’s involvement in agricultural value chains, as well as promote the adoption of high-tech application towards a sustainable agriculture.
Participants at the workshop (Photo: phunuvietnam.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Australian Government-funded “Integrating gender inagricultural value-chain research” project looks to settle gender socialconstrains, encourage ethnic men and women’s involvement in agricultural valuechains, as well as promote the adoption of high-tech application towards asustainable agriculture.
Addressing a workshop held in Hanoi from November 15-16 to wrap up the 18-monthproject, Deputy Head of Mission at the Australian Embassy Rebecca Bryant saidthat the project is part of the Australian Government’s efforts to carry outits Vietnam Gender Equality Strategy during 2016-2020 period.
The Australian Government commits to improving the quality of life for womenand girls in Vietnam via comprehensive approaching measures, she added.
Funded by the Australian Government through theAustralian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), the project,which will end in December, works with 10 ACIAR projects with a totalinvestment of 17 million AUD (13 million USD), focusing on the value chaindevelopment in Vietnam and some Southeast Asian countries.
In the project’s framework, six field studies were carried out on how gendernorms and relations affect agricultural practices, identify gender-basedopportunities and challenges for ethnic male and female farmers. Also, it builta database for gender equality research and development, as well as establish anetwork for agricultural and gender scientists in the region.
The workshop brought together government officials and researchers fromVietnam, Myanmar, the Philippines, Laos and Cambodia, and ethnic farmers fromthe northern provinces of Son La and Dien Bien.
Vietnam’s northwest is home to many ethnicminority groups and has some of the highest levels of poverty and inequality inthe country. The region has been a strong focus of the ACIAR program andAustralian Aid.
ACIAR is part of the Australian Government’sDevelopment Assistance Programme and contributes to that programme’s objectivesof helping developing countries reduce poverty and achieve sustainabledevelopment. To date, ACIAR has commissioned and managed more than 1,500research projects in around 36 countries. More than 150 institutions in partnercountries have involved in collaborative projects with over 50 Australianresearch organisations.-VNA
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Participants at the workshop (Photo: phunuvietnam.vn) 
