Seminar on "Agriculture and Development"
Updated on 03:04, Friday, 04/03/2016 (GMT+7)
On 22nd February, 2016, the Faculty of Economics and Rural Development, in collaboration with the International Cooperation Office, Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA), and the University of Western Australia (UWA), organized a seminar entitled "Agriculture and Development".Attending the seminar were Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Trach, Vice- President of VNUA, Board Head of the Economics and Rural Development Faculty, representatives from the International Cooperation Office, and lecturers and students from the Faculty of Economics and Rural Development and Faculty of Accounting and Business Management. Speakers at the seminar included Prof. Dr. David Pannell, Dean of Agricultural and Resource Economics, and Prof. Petra Tschakert, Faculty of Earth and Environmental, both from the University of Western Australia.
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At the seminar, the two professors shared their knowledge and practical experiences of farmers’ acceptance of new agricultural practices, and evaluated the position of Vietnam in the areas of rural development and international agriculture. Lecturers and students participating in the seminar then discussed the presented contents.
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After the seminar, the delegation from the University of Western Australia talked with the Faculty of Economics and Rural Development about opportunities for cooperation in education and scientific research. Prof. Dr. David Pannell highly appreciated the cooperation of VNUA and Faculty of Economics and Rural Development in recent years. He hoped the two sides would have more specific and comprehensive cooperative activities in the future. In addition, the Faculty of Economics and Rural Development and representatives from the Faculty of Agriculture and Resource Economics at University of Western Australia generally concluded to promote cooperation through strengthening student exchanges, training to enhance capacity for lecturers in Australia, inviting lecturers from the University of Western Australia to teach students at VNUA, organizing international conferences, and implementing joint research on agricultural and rural development.
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The seminar and talk were successful and promised more cooperation between the two universities in the near future.
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