Purdue University/Cantho University/Nong Lam University (formerly University of Agriculture and Forestry)
State:
Indiana
Country:
Vietnam
Award Date:
2003
Award Amount:
$125,000.00
Cost Share:
$37,496.00
Other Partners:
This partnership focuses on developing a university curriculum that highlights ways to promote economic development, alleviate poverty, and protect the environment. Partners will develop a set of environmental case studies for use as core materials in courses and programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Four case study topics have been selected: assessing economic and environmental tradeoffs in cacao production; sustainable development of upland protected bufferzone areas; improving management of biological resources in the Tam Giang Lagoon; and assessing public participation in mangrove forest mangement in Can Gio. The case studies have been developed for use in Vietnam, but partners expect to translate one of the studies into English for use at Purdue. Partners have formed an advisory group that includes representatives of NGOs, USAID, and Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture. The partners have enhanced faculty and staff skills in case study development, student assessment, and production of digital videos.