Yen Duong commune, in the southern part of Ba Be district in the Bac Kan province of Vietnam, is about 10 kilometers away from the district center. It is composed of 9 villages with 630 households, of which almost 3% of the total population belongs to the 4 ethnic groups including Tay, Nung, Dao, and… Read More
While digital technologies could enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of farming activities, the Grow Asia report in 2019 still showed that farmers’ adoption of digital technologies remained low across Southeast Asia. In their interviews with 100 farmers from Vietnam, Indonesia, and Myanmar, the Grow Asia team found that farmers would only decide to adopt a… Read More
Information and experiences sharing among farmers is important in improving farming practices. To support these exchanges of experiences, the GeoFarmer app was designed to help these farmers. In this app, it enables a multi-way communication among farmers, researchers, and community workers to collect and share information and experiences. Farmers learn from each other by asking… Read More
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization and the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) organized a mission to enhance communication for development in Vietnam last August 10-19, 2019. They sent felegates from the University of the Philippines College of Development Communication (UPLB-CDC) to conduct a training workshop on FFF ComDev. UPLB-CDC Dean Dr. Maria Stella Tirol… Read More
