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National IPM Program in Viet Nam
● Started in 1992 with financial and technical support from FAO with main activities are
Training <strong>of</strong> Trainers (TOT), Farmer Field School (FFS) and follow-up FFS activities.
● PPD is responsible for implementing <strong>the</strong> National IPM Program coordination with IPM
specialist group <strong>of</strong> PPD working closely with major donors including FAO, WB, EU,
DANIDA, and NORAD. Currently, it maintains 11 IPM related projects involving many
stakeholders such as farmers, government line ministries, international NGOs, national
and international research institutions, and bilateral and multilateral donors.
● IPM priority focused mainly on rice and vegetable crops. Needs <strong>of</strong> IPM program in
Viet Nam fur<strong>the</strong>r develop and promote including improve <strong>the</strong> ability <strong>of</strong> PP-system
from center to locality. Continuously innovate curriculum in FFS; FFS approach applied
widely in agriculture extension.
● The problem <strong>of</strong> pest resistance (both agriculture and public health) in Viet Nam is big
problem. For <strong>the</strong> efforts solves this problem methods applied as use resistance varieties,
exchange new pesticide, use natural enemies introduced.
● Main constrain to IPM programs in Viet Nam: excessive pesticide advertisement affects
mentality <strong>of</strong> farmers; training demand for farmers is very high but <strong>the</strong> capacity on
financial and manpower limited.
B. Testing, quality control and effects in <strong>the</strong> field
Control <strong>the</strong> quality and residue <strong>of</strong> pesticide
● The quality and residue control <strong>of</strong> pesticides must follow <strong>the</strong> regulation <strong>of</strong> 25 th March
2003 issued by MARD. All exported and imported pesticides must be examined for
quality.
● The examination is carried out by <strong>the</strong> North Center and <strong>the</strong> South Center on pesticide
quality and residue control, under PPD. The agricultural products are analysed for
residues <strong>of</strong> pesticides in <strong>the</strong>m.
● The pesticide quality and residue control must conform to <strong>the</strong> Vietnamese National
Standard, sector standard (by MARD) or unit standard (by PPD). In case <strong>the</strong>se standards
are not available, PPD allows <strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> methods <strong>of</strong> international organizations or
manufacturers who produce <strong>the</strong> pesticide.
● Main constraints to implementation at national level are limited testing capacity,
manpower shortage, lack <strong>of</strong> equipment, etc.
C. Health and environmental information
● The effects <strong>of</strong> pesticide on human health and environment take great attention from <strong>the</strong>
government.
– The Instruction <strong>of</strong> Prime Minister No 29/1998/CT-TTg on streng<strong>the</strong>ning <strong>the</strong>
control on <strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> pesticides and o<strong>the</strong>r organic chemical to be difficult in
decomposition (POP) issued on August 25, 1998.
– Ministry <strong>of</strong> Natural Resource and Environment have issued <strong>the</strong> technical
procedures for disposing or re-use <strong>of</strong> remaining and banned substances in
organic-phosphorous class, cyanic substances, organic-chlorine class.
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