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Agricultural Status of Lam Dong Province in Vietnam and the Strategy for Korea-Vietnam ODA International Cooperation Program in Agriculture  

Cho, Joon-Hyeong (Dept. of Environmental & Biological Science, Dongguk Univ.)
Jang, Hye-Ri (Dept. of Environmental & Biological Science, Dongguk Univ.)
Lim, Jong-Min (Dept. of Environmental & Biological Science, Dongguk Univ.)
Lee, Sok-Young (National Agrobiodiversity Center: NAAS, RDA)
Kim, Wan-Seok (Technology Services Division: NICS, RDA)
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Journal of the Korean Society of International Agriculture / v.23, no.5, 2011 , pp. 465-474 More about this Journal
Abstract
Agricultural environment of Lam Dong province, which is located in central highland area, is totally different from that of other lower areas in Vietnam. In Lam Dong province, abundant plant resources were naturally grown such as pine trees, taxus, and wild orchids, which can grow in high mountainous area. In Lam Dong, the field proportion of perennial crops was higher than that of annual crops. However, the field proportion and yields of vegetables were highest among the all cultivated crops, estimating 38% (36,552ha) and 72% (993,082MT), respectively. Especially in Da Lat, vegetables, flowers, orchids, and industrial crops were mainly produced because this area is geographically close to Ho Chi Minh city. And also in Da Lat, 64% (8,447ha) and 36% (4,777ha) of farm fields were used for producing annual and perennial crops, respectively, and the yields of fresh vegetables in this area was estimated to 213,478MT which was 21.5% of the whole yields in Lam Dong province. Thus Korea, Taiwan, Japan, France, and Holland have invested to agriculture in Da Lat for producing and exporting flowers, vegetables, and tea. In 2009, flower cultivation area of Da Lat was over 55% in Lam Dong province and average amount of values were 9,781 million USD, which was higher than that of al other crops. Thus following strategies could be suggested for the development of agriculture in Lam Dong province. The first, agricultural cooperation with Da Lat, Lam Dong, should be characterized to horticulture and floriculture, followed by supporting both appropriate R&D techniques and equipments. And then agricultural system should be made in relationship with the local companies. Finally, agricultural cooperation program should be conducted toward the direction for both donor and recipient countries.
Keywords
Da Lat; Lam Dong; Vietnam; Horticulture; Floriculture; ODA program;
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