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- On 7-11 November 2011, Prof. Georges GIRAUD (DIJON Hygher School of Agronomics - Agrifood Marketing Specialist offered a training for researchers and professors from FAVRI, CASRAD, RUDEC, Hanoi University of Agriculture, National University of Laos to teach marketing guidelines and to develop marketing plans for the followings products: 1) indigenous vegetables, 2) Phu Quoc fish sauce (NUOC MAM PHU QUOC), 3) River weed alfae (LAOS), 4) LY SON garlic.
Malica promoted a joint Workshop on Geographical Indications policies in Vietnam, co-organized by the National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP), VAAS, IPSARD and CIRAD. The meeting on 07.09.2011 was attended by 40 high-level participants including the deputy Director General of NOIP, Dr. Ta Quang Minh; the deputy head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's Science and Technology Department, Dr. LeVan Bam; the President of VAAS, Dr. Nguyen Van Bo; the Director of IPSARD, Dr. Dang Kim Son, and the regional director of CIRAD, Dr. Jean-Charles Maillard.
This meeting opened a useful space for debate on GI management and implementation. Discussions were fuelled by presentations from NOIP, CIRAD (Dr Delphine Marie-Vivien), and representatives from Yen Bai and Nam Dinh Provinces. If you want to know more information about the workshop (presentations), please open the following link: http://www.malica-asia.org/en/projects/publications/
- On 31.08.2011, Dr Nguyen Van Bo, President of VAAS and President of MALICA Steering Committee, opened the Worskhop on Lao-Vietnam scientific exchange on food markets, giving welcome to the National University of Laos (NUOL)'s Faculty of agriculture as a new member of Malica research group. Dr. Silinthone Sacklokham, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, represented NUoL. NUoL and Malica partners have already collaborated in several recent research projects. Several future perspectives for joint research and trainings were underlined during this workshop.
- Malica Training on "Trademarks, Collective trademarks, Certification Trademarks and Geographical indications",
A group of 15 researchers from FAVRI, CASRAD and RUDEC joined an intense one-day training on September 8 by Dr Delphine Marie-Vivien, CIRAD Intellectual Property specialist. The contents covered from Legal definitions to Case studies.
- Trademarks and Geographical Indications (English)
- Nhan hiêu và Chi dân dia ly_(T. Viêt)
- Nhan Hieu Tap Thê Nep Cai Hoa Vàng Kinh Môn (T.Viet)
PROJECTS:
1. ADETEF study on Sustainable Peri-urban agriculture: Contribution for the 9th Vietnam-France Economic and Financial Forum (December 2011).
2. ACIAR project "Improved market engagement for counter-seasonal vegetable producers in North West Vietnam" (2011-2015): Malica is in charge of component on "Enabling regional policy environment".
3. PERISUD project: MALICA takes part in the analysis of the assets of proximity peri-urban market gardening zones, as perceived by the residents and political authorities.
4. GRIPAVI project: Research on the ecology and epidemiology of avian influenza and Newcastle diseases in developing countries.
5. FAO Regional Project on Methodologies for Consumers's studies (Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, China-Yunan).
6. INRA- CIRAD project: The role of small farmers’ collective action for safe vegetable production inVietnam.
7. SUPERCHAIN project: Linking rural poor households to supermarkets and other quality chains (supported by IFAD).
1. ADETEF study on Sustainable Peri-urban agriculture: Contribution for the 9th Vietnam-France Economic and Financial Forum (December 2011).
2. ACIAR project "Improved market engagement for counter-seasonal vegetable producers in North West Vietnam" (2011-2015): Malica is in charge of component on "Enabling regional policy environment".
3. PERISUD project: MALICA takes part in the analysis of the assets of proximity peri-urban market gardening zones, as perceived by the residents and political authorities.
4. GRIPAVI project: Research on the ecology and epidemiology of avian influenza and Newcastle diseases in developing countries.
5. FAO Regional Project on Methodologies for Consumers's studies (Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, China-Yunan).
6. INRA- CIRAD project: The role of small farmers’ collective action for safe vegetable production inVietnam.
7. SUPERCHAIN project: Linking rural poor households to supermarkets and other quality chains (supported by IFAD).
PUBLICATIONS
Besides activities implemented on the field, Malica consortium is also editor of differents books and working papers on agricultural markets, food quality and distribution systems. Its collection is available in the Publications part at the left-hand menu of Home page.
