Supporting Community-Based Agricultural Extension and Training in Mountainous Districts

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The JFPR Project will contribute to poverty reduction in the mountainous districts in the northern central region of Viet Nam by enhancing agricultural income and ensuring food security (rice and maize) among the poor through community-based agricultural extension and training programs. The Project specifically aims to (i) improve livelihoods of the rural poor in remote communities through better cultivation practices on food crops, and through appropriate knowledge and technologies for other crops and income-generating activities; (ii) increase the capacity of local agricultural extension workers and grassroot-level extension agents in appropriate cultivation techniques, and participatory and pro-poor extension services; (iii) establish farmer-to-farmer learning networks; and (iv) promote decentralized and participatory planning, monitoring and evaluation. The Project will also disseminate relevant information and knowledge generated from the Project to AST institutions, provincial governments and other key stakeholders to learn the impact of applying improved techniques and how to take advantage of community resources for agricultural extension and training programs. Gender will be mainstreamed into all project activities.