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31/12/2008

I am Dr. Nguyen Duy Can and I work at the Mekong Delta Development Research Institute (MDI) of Cantho University. Through my work I came into contact with VVOB because I am interested in agricultural extension, which provides education for extension workers and the rural poor.

In 2008, VVOB has supported a Participatory Extension (PAEX) programme in the Southern of Vietnam. Through the PAEX programme, VVOB enhances knowledge, skills and extension methods for extension workers by education and training, empowers leaders and farmer clubs by practicing participatory extension. As a result, VVOB achieved in 2008 a great success as five participating provinces in the South of Vietnam, are improving extension methods, and farmers become more active and participative.

To me, VVOB is doing more than ‘education for development’, it is doing education for the development of agriculture and rural poor in the South.