News - Events

  1. New publication "perspectives" for policy brief on Supper Chain in version of English and French by Cirad has been completed, the Vietnamese version is under its way.
  2.  Malica Workshop on Food safety on 15 December, 2009 in La Thanh Hotel, 218 Doi Can rd., Hanoi, Vietnam

Food Safety is currently one of the burning issues catching the special attention of policy makers, researchers, producers and consumers. Food Safety is also a research priority of MALICA Research Consortium (Markets and Agriculture Linkages for Cities in Asia). In an aim to exchange viewpoints, study results regarding the issue of food safety management and to elicit feedbacks from the application of legislation serving the research and policy formulation, MALICA held the workshop on: “Food safety and impact on supply chains”.

The workshop welcomed many delegates from the State's agencies, research institutions, universities, NGOs, as well as delegates of local authorities and farmers.

Five out of many studies relating to food safety management were presented at the workshop and have received quite a few valuable suggestion and proposition from the participants.

The workshop successfully finished and the bodies/organizations are looked forward to contributing to the coming activites of MALICA.

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PAST EVENTS

Inception workshop and training on "Methodologies and tools for food consumers market research”.
Bangkok, 26-28 October, 2009. FAO funded project N° TCP/RAS/3209 D.
Participation of Cambodia, China, Laos, Vietnam
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The meeting was organized by MALICA on the occasion of the visiting and working time in Vietnam of Mr. Patrick CARON, Director Director of Environmental and Social Department (ES) and Dr. Robert HABIB, Director of Performance of Technical Systems Department (PERSYST) - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement.
Topic: Cooperation and development orientation of MALICA in the future.

Time:  9h00-17h00, Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Location :      Morning      : Meeting room, 4th floor, Rural Development Center (RUDEC),  
                                             No. 38/14 Lot 1C, Trung Kinh rd., Cau Giay dist.,Hanoi        
                        Afternoon   : - Tien Le – Hoai Duc – Hanoi

                                              - Center for Agrarian Systems Research and Development,

                                                An Khanh – Hoai Duc – Hanoi (CASRAD)

                                              - Rural Development Center 

Agenda  
Time Activity Speaker / Organizer Location
09h00 – 09h05 Welcome Speech Mr. Nguyen Van Bo / President of steering committee RUDEC
09h05 – 09h15 Presentation of MALICA general activities Mr. Hoang Vu Quang / Coordinator of MALICA
09h15 – 09h35 MALICA results: Pork products/ DURAS project RUDEC staff
09h35 – 09h45 Open discussion  
09h45 – 10h05 MALICA results: Safe  vegetable/ Red river delta FAVRI staff
10h05 – 10h15 Open discussion  
10h15 – 10h20 Tea Break  
10h20 – 10h40 MALICA results: Super chain project – Beef products/ Cao Bang CASRAD staff RUDEC
10h40 – 10h50 Open discussion  
10h50 – 11h00 Conclusion of morning session Mr. Hoang Vu Quang / Coordinator of MALICA
11h00 – 13h30 Moving from RUDEC to Tien Le – Hoai Duc and Having  lunch FAVRI / CASRAD staff Hoai Duc
13h30 – 13h45 Presentation of the cooperatives in Tien Le – Hoai Duc Mrs. Nguyen T Tan Loc / Member of Technical committee of MALICA Hoai Duc
13h45 – 15h00 Field visit in Tien Le - Hoai Duc with group of vegetable producers FAVRI, CASRAD Hoai Duc
15h00 – 15h30 Moving to CASRAD    
15h30 – 17h00  MALICA meeting in CASRAD (with Tea Break)    CASRAD
17h00 Going back to RUDEC    

 

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Second internal MALICA workshop
Topic: Analysis of the retail system for Nuoc mam Phu Quoc in Ho Chi Minh City
Presented by: Luu Tu-Hoan, Master student, Ecole Nationale des Travaux d'Ingenieurs de Clermont Ferrand (ENITAC), France
Time: Tuesday, 11. August, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 
Place: RUDEC meeting Room at the 4th floor. Address: 38/14 Lot 1C. Trung Kinh rd. Cau Giay dist. Hanoi

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Internal scientific meeting of MALICA
It was dedicated to the presentation and discussion of ongoing work by 3 junior researchers.
The meeting took place in RUDEC meeting Room at the 4th floor.
Address: 38/14 Lot 1C. Trung Kinh rd. Cau Giay district. Hanoi
Tentative agenda:
14: 15   Opening 
14: 30   Huaiyu Wang  (Post-Doctorate, MALICA) "Economic impact of coordination in vegetable chains. The Propensity Score Matching method"
14: 50  Questions and Debate
15: 15   Pham Anh Tuan  (Master Agriculture, Food and sustainable Development, Montpellie-Sup'Agro, France)  "Impact of bird flu on the organisation of chicken value chain in Vietnam: Roles of the private and the public sectors"
15: 40   Questions and debate  
16: 00   Break
16:15   Tristan Fournier (Université Toulouse Le Mirail, France):   Evolution and trends of public communication policies regarding sanitary risks:  the case of bird flu in Viet Nam.
16: 40  Questions and debate
17: 00   Closing

 

Farewell party for Mrs. Paule Moustier, senior reseacher of the French Centre of International Cooperation in Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD), organised by MALICA consortium
Friday 03 July 2009, TARA Restaurant, No 3A Ngo Quyen st., Hoan Kiem dist., Hanoi           
Mrs. Paule Moustier, senior researcher of the French Center of International Cooperation in Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD), has closely attached with the research and development activities in the field of agriculture and rural development of the Market and Agriculture Linkages for Cities in Asia consortium (MALICA) since 2002. She has also contributed much to the collaboration between French and Vietnamese partners. She has left Vietnam for France in July, 2009.  
PROGRAM OF FAREWELL PARTY FOR DR. PAULE MOUSTIER