On November 4-6, 2010, 12 co-op leaders from Lamac Multi-Purpose Cooperative (LMPC) of Cebu and Abra Diocesan Teachers and Employees Multi-Purpose Cooperative (ADTEMPCO) of Abra, both in the Philippines, made a study visit to Hanoi, Vietnam. On their visit to the offices of the Center of Agricultura
l Extension Volunteers
(CAEV), the Ph
ilippine co-operators were welcom
ed by CAEV Executive Director Dr. Bui Quang Toan. Dr. Toan briefed the group on the agricultural extension services of CAEV. Accompanying the group were Ms Salome Ganibe and Ms Angelita Valdez, Executive Director and Program Coordinator, respectively, of AWCF.
To be able to observe the agricultural situation of Vietnam, the Philippine co-operators had an actual exposure to the VAC Farming System in Phuc Thanh and Vinh Phuc provinces of Hanoi. The group was joined in this visit to the provinces by Ms Ganibe
, Ms Valdez, and four CAEV staff. VAC stands for Vuon (gardening or maintaining an orchard, Ao
(fishpond or raising fish), Cuong (provision of animal care and shelter or livestock raising), which is a farming system designed to ensure food security of an agricul
tural household, and to alleviate poverty.
The Philippine co-operators saw for themselves how Vietna
mese farmers practice the different forms of VAC, and, at a visit to a vast green tea plantation, witnessed the actual processing of green tea. They also had the chance to visit a large-scale fishpond and livestock area, all operated by households using the VAC Farming System.
CAEV is a non-profit and non-government organization (NGO) established in 1991 by key officers and staff of the Nation
al Institute for Agricultural Planning and Projection (NIAPP), an agency under Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) which oversees and regulates agricultural co-operatives in the country. CAEV is a member of AWCF. The study visit was organized by AWCF exclusively for the two Philippine co-ops, in coordination with CAEV.
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