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expensive for an implementation on a regional scale. In spite of the moderate surface water quality the use of surface water should be considered. Here, the combination of technologi-cally simple but effective methods is possible. One possible treatment scheme could be a floccul[r]

for Risk Management (Standards Australia 2004a,b). To assign a level of risk (= risk ranking score) to an issue, two factors must be determined: • the likelihood of a particular activity/event/circumstance occurring, and • the consequence of this particular activity/event/circumstance,[r]

WATER ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FOR IMPROVED LIVELIHOOD IN THE MEKONG DELTA, VIETNAM Tran Thi Trieu1*, Le Anh Tuan1**, Mira Kakonen2, Marko Keskinen2, Le Duc Toan1, 1 Department of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering (DEWRE) College of Technology (CoT), Can Tho Unv[r]

Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development Project Progress Report 026/VIE05 Investigation of rice kernel cracking and its control in the field and during post-harvest processes in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam MS6: Research/technical reports July 2007[r]

Nong Lam University Ho Chi Minh city CARD Project 026/VIE05 Report on training program in Feb-2007 At Kien Giang Province Projet: INVESTIGATION OF RICE KERNEL CRACKING AND ITS CONTROL IN THE FIELD AND DURING POST-HARVEST PROCESSES IN THE MEKONG DELTA OF VIETNAM[r]

The thermal bands can be used to make a quick change detection in forest cover. Change detection by classification is more accurate but labor intensive. Forest lost to clear cutting or forest fire had a temperature increase of more than 1oC in 57% of the cases. 71% of areas with a temp[r]

5. Conclusions 5.1 Overall Assessment The project has provided a solid foundation for the implementation of ecologically-based, non-chemical methods of rodent management in the Mekong Delta (and potentially elsewhere in Vietnam). In large part, the success o[r]

development in the MD in the present and future. It is necessary to analyze the economic development purposes and health and environmental needs in water balance budget in planning stages. Each result should be presented fully in the public media to seek consideration and[r]

than the original plan is 142.3 ha. Rice output and rice demand-supply equiplibrium (D-S-E) therefore decrease 2.1 million tons, rice D-S -E only is 2.6 million tons in 2050. Assuming population growth rate does not change, this decline has great influence on the rice distribution for feed an[r]

Development of Better Management Practices for Catfish Aquaculture in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam CARD Project 001/07/VIE Evaluation Plan August 2010 A draft evaluation plan, incorporating aspects of BMP communication and risk management planning and monitoring of BMP complian[r]

Since the project commencement date of April 2006, three cooperatives were selected for installation of driers and reapers in order to provide small holder farmers the technical knowledge to practice optimum harvesting, and drying methods and conditions. Systematic data collection was[r]

On the other hand, rice production itself is a source of greenhouse gases, mainlymethane (Wassmann et al., 2000). This study was initiated within the frameworkof IRRI’s (International Rice Research Institute) research on the interactive rela-tionship between rice production and[r]

provision of forest commodities, the regulation of the water balance and biodiversity conservation. However as elsewhere under human pressure their existence is under the threat of forest fires and deforestation. Their protection requires the implementation of a multi-lev[r]

In this research, we focused on the diversity of salt-tolerant PGPRin the salinity regions of rice paddy fields in the Mekong Delta. Some main groups of PGPR were isolated and identified for future application to improve the rice fieldsofthe currently difficult conditions.

or town. The human settlement points fit a compromise between East Sea tidal effects and the Mekong river flow. The population pressure and the economic development needs have also driven the farmers to increase their income by increasing and diversifying th[r]

4 3. Status of hatchery seed production Artificial propagation of river catfish was first achieved in Thailand in 1959 (Boonbrahm 1959, cited by Cacot 1999). Since then it has been done in Indonesia (Hardjamulia et al. 1981; cited by Cacot 1999) and in Malaysia (Thalathiah et al. 1983; cited by Cac[r]

will be examined in this context. Adaptation strategies have to consider seasonalfloods generally becoming irregular and less intense, while unpredictably andoccasionally, there may be disastrous floods. Adaptation also has to deal with morefrequent and intense typhoons, sea level rise, soil quality[r]

Status and changes of mangrove forest in Mekong Delta:Case study in Tra Vinh, VietnamPhan Minh Thua,*, Jacques PopulusbaInstitute of Oceanography, 01 Cau Da, Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa, VietnambIFREMER, Centre de Brest, Technopole Brest-Iroise, BP 70, 29280 Plouzane, FranceReceived 9 August[r]

LongAn, almost the farmers said that “Living with flood” or “Shaking hands with flood” as the best way for the Mekong Delta sustainable development. IV. DISCUSSION In order to approach this flooding problem in many of its aspects, both negative and positive impact[r]

shown that from sequence stratigraphy point of view, geochronology is not suitable for depositional system track division. According to sequence stratigraphy the transgressive system track ended at 5Ky Bp, while from geochronology point of view the boundary between Middle Holocene and[r]