Scaling-up Program Regional Conference for Joint Japan World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP)

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Scaling-up Program Regional Conferencefor Joint
Japan World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program
(JJ/WBGSP)
Human Capacity and the Development of Vietnam
Agriculture and Rural Sector

• Dr. Cao Duc Phat
• Minister of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
  Development

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• Vietnam's agriculture and rural development play
  an important role in the country's overall
  Socio-economic development
• 55 labor resources
• 18 contribution to GDP
• 17 export income
• Labor force in agriculture 23 millions

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• Ministrys research institutes and universities
  have 7.276 scientists by 2005
• 506 Ph.D. (accounts for 6.9)
• 818 Masters (account for 11.19).
• Distribution varies among sectors
• Planting 31.62 Ph.D.s and 29.95 Masters
• Livestock13.24 Ph.D.s, 12.10 Masters
• Forestry 12.45 Ph.D.s, 14.45 Masters
• Water resources 27.78 Ph.D.s, 29.71 Masters
• Agriculture mechanic and post-harvest processing
  4.71 Ph.D.s, 3.55 Masters
• the remaining is divided among other sectors

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• Low percentage of trained labor force
• 24.79 (for the whole country)
• 13.2 (for rural areas).
• The shortage of the top scientists in some
  important areas such as
• Bio-Technology
• Post-harvest technology,
• Management of water resources
• Agriculture economics and rural development
• Uneven Distribution and low usage of existing
  capacity.
• Young scientists of MARD lack foreign languages
  skills, particularly English, which pose great
  difficulties for them in enriching their knowledge

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• Post-graduate training at
• Hanoi Water Resources University
• University of Forest
• 9 research institutes.
• Have trained a large number of young scientists
  in last 27 years.
• 643 Ph.D.s
• 1.433 Masters
• Study abroad under the Scholarship Program 322 of
  the Government and granted scholarships
• 190 Ph.D. students
• 349 Masters students
• 26 post-doctorate students

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• Many well-trained people are holding key
  positions at research institutes, universities
  and government departments.
• Contributions to training, studying, state
  governing and production managing are positive
  and important human resources for rural
  industrialization and modernization.

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• Vietnam agriculture is confront challenges
• Maintaining high development index in order to
  create further jobs, increase farmer income,
  targeted on hunger eradication and poverty
  reduction.
• Enhancing agriculture competitiveness capability,
  participating effectively in international
  integration after WTO accession.
• Overcoming challenges and achieve objects we
  propose
• Continue policy reform
• Increase RD
• Human Capability Development
• Invest for Infrastructure.
• Administration reform.

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• Priority areas for training
• Bio-technology
• Agronomy
• Livestock and animal heaths
• Forestry
• Water resources Management and hydraulics
  construction
• Post harvest technology
• Agriculture Economics and Rural Development.
• The animal requirement of trained staffs for
  agencies are at least 100 Ph.D. and 400 Masters
  greater number for the whole sector.

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We welcome any support for our human capacity
building. We do hope to receive further and
effective support from the World Bank and
Government of Japan for human capability
building.
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• Thank you for your attention!