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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />

This is the f<strong>in</strong>al report for the project “Development of Post-harvest Activities <strong>and</strong><br />

Agro<strong>in</strong>dustry as a Strategy to Improve Rural Livelihoods <strong>in</strong> <strong>Vietnam</strong>”, implemented by the<br />

<strong>International</strong> <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Policy</strong> Research Institute (IFPRI) <strong>in</strong> collaboration with Hannover<br />

University, the M<strong>in</strong>istry of Agriculture <strong>and</strong> Rural Development (MARD) <strong>and</strong> other<br />

<strong>Vietnam</strong>ese <strong>in</strong>stitutions.<br />

This report is the product of a collaboration of an unusually large number of <strong>in</strong>stitutions <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>in</strong>dividuals. While it is impossible to fully acknowledge the contributions of everyone<br />

<strong>in</strong>volved, we would like to identify some of the people who played a significant role <strong>in</strong> the<br />

various phases of the project <strong>and</strong> report preparation.<br />

To beg<strong>in</strong> with, the project was made possible by fund<strong>in</strong>g from the German<br />

Bundesm<strong>in</strong>isterium für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit (BMZ), managed by the Deutsche<br />

Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ). The <strong>International</strong> <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Policy</strong><br />

Research Institute also provided some co-f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g for the project.<br />

The project enjoyed close collaboration with <strong>and</strong> significant support from Dr. Dang Kim Son<br />

<strong>and</strong> his colleagues at the Information Center for Agriculture <strong>and</strong> Rural Development<br />

(ICARD) at MARD. The project also benefited from collaboration on several levels with Dr.<br />

Tran Van Lai <strong>and</strong> Dr. Vu Manh Hai of the Research Institute for <strong>Fruits</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Vegetables</strong><br />

(RIFAV), Dr. Nguyen M<strong>in</strong>h Chau at the Southern Fruit Research Institute (SOFRI), <strong>and</strong> Dr.<br />

Nguyen Kim Vu of the Post-harvest Technology Institute (PHTI).<br />

The project was orig<strong>in</strong>ally designed <strong>and</strong> managed by Dr. Francesco Goletti. After resign<strong>in</strong>g<br />

from IFPRI <strong>in</strong> December 2000, Dr. Nicholas M<strong>in</strong>ot of IFPRI assumed responsibility for the<br />

project. Dr. Goletti’s new consult<strong>in</strong>g firm, Agrifood Consult<strong>in</strong>g <strong>International</strong> (ACI), was<br />

contracted to implement the trader <strong>and</strong> processor surveys <strong>and</strong> to provide prelim<strong>in</strong>ary<br />

descriptive analysis of the farmer, trader, <strong>and</strong> processor surveys. ACI consultants Dr.<br />

Dom<strong>in</strong>ic Smith, Mr. Peter Gruhn, <strong>and</strong> Dr. Tim Purcell were responsible for much of this<br />

work. The chapters <strong>in</strong> this report describ<strong>in</strong>g the results of the IFPRI-MARD surveys are<br />

revised <strong>and</strong> condensed versions of the background reports prepared by ACI.<br />

The follow<strong>in</strong>g people participated <strong>in</strong> the data collection, data entry, <strong>and</strong> data clean<strong>in</strong>g for the<br />

IFPRI-MARD Survey of Commercial Fruit <strong>and</strong> Vegetable Producers:<br />

Name Organization Function<br />

Do D<strong>in</strong>h Ca RIFAV Data collection<br />

supervisor <strong>in</strong> north<br />

Chu Van Chuong RIFAV Enumerator<br />

Nghiem Hoang Anh RIFAV Enumerator<br />

Pham My L<strong>in</strong>h RIFAV Enumerator<br />

Nguyen Van Hung RIFAV Enumerator<br />

Nguyen Anh Dung RIFAV Enumerator<br />

Nguyen Kim Ha ICARD Enumerator<br />

Nguyen Huu Ha ICARD Enumerator<br />

Nguyen Thi Man ICARD Enumerator<br />

Nguyen Van Dung PHTI Enumerator<br />

Pham Thanh T<strong>in</strong>h PHTI Enumerator<br />

Nguyen Van Duc PHTI Enumerator<br />

Tr<strong>in</strong>h Ngoc Duc <strong>Food</strong> Crop Institute Enumerator

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