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Agricultural Economics Research Institute
(LEI), The Netherlands
General information
The Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI) is an
independent expert organisation in the fields of agricultural
economic and socio-economic research, statistical documentation
and drafting of policy papers. Production, processing, trade
and distribution as well as economic, social and environmental
policies all fall within the scope of LEI's expertise. The
international economics research programme at LEI contributes
to the strengthening of institutional and personal capacity
of agricultural economic and socio-economic research in developing
countries. Main themes are the development of sustainable
land-use systems, food security issues, market research, the
impact of international and regional trade treaties on development,
quality chain management and export diversification.
Specific relevant expertise
LEI has extensive experience in socio-economic aspects of
the development of sustainable farming systems, in Africa,
Asia and Latin-America at farm household as well as at national
policy level. LEI has participated in a 5 year project on
the development of sustainable lowland farming systems in
Indonesia. The topic of sustainable peri-urban agriculture
has become an important research focus of LEI the last five
years. LEI is the project coordinator of two EU-DG12 INCO
project focussing on urban waste management in West Africa
(see www.lei.nl/apugedu) and improving vegetable farming production
and marketing systems in China and Vietnam (see www.lei.nl/vegsys).
LEI staff was involved in several projects in China, for instance
a comparative economic analysis of the agricultural sector,
agribusiness and food industry in the Shanghai area (Yangtze
Delta) and in the Netherlands, to reveal the causes of the
large difference between agricultural productivity in China
and the Netherlands, and a project in Tianjin for the development
of modern client-oriented agricultural support services in
that area and to foster sustainable vegetable production by
small growers. Major clients of LEI research are Dutch and
foreign ministries, the European Union, and world wide organisations
such as the FAO, OECD and the World Bank. In the period 1996
- 2001 LEI has managed four multi-disciplinary, EU-DG12 INCO
projects in the field of soil fertility management, sustainable
vegetable production and urban waste management.
Personnel participating in project
| Name: |
B. Kamphuis (MSc.) |
| Key qualifications: |
Farm structure research, peri-urban agriculture, agriculturalinformation
systems, agricultural extension and project management |
| Name: |
M.S. van Wijk (MSc.) |
| Key qualifications: |
Farming systems research, policy analysis, natural resource
management, participatory technology development and project
management |
| Name: |
X. Zhang (PhD) |
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Marketing research, supply chain management and consumer
studies |
Publications
- L.M. van den Berg and M.S. van Wijk. (2002). Farming
downstream Hanoi. Forthcoming in Environment and Urbanisation.
- H van den Bosch, D Eaton, M.S. van Wijk, J Vlaming
and A de Jager. (2001). Monitoring nutrient flows and economic
performance in African farming systems: The SEARUSYN approach
and its applicability to peri-urban agriculture. In: P.
Drechsel and D. Kunze (ed). Waste Composting for Urban and
Peri-Urban Agriculture: Closing the Rural - Urban Nutrient
Cycle in Sub-Saharan Africa. CABI, Wallingford.
- Zhang, X.Y. ''A Comparative Study of Projection
Models for China's Food Economy', Journal of Peasant Studies,Vol.
30, Nos 3-4, Aprl.July 2003.
- Zhang, X.Y. 'The Dynamics of Chinese Consumers:
A Case of Shanghai Food Consumption', The Journal of International
Food and Agribusiness Marketing, Volume 14, Number 1, 2003.
- Zhang, X.Y. , Tianjin Consumer Study: With Special
Attention to Food Safety . LEI, 2003.
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Alterra Green
World Research, The Netherlands
General
information
Alterra
“Green World Research” was founded 1 January 2000 as
a result of a merger betrween the Winand Staring Centre for
Integrated Land, Soil and Water Research (SC-DLO), the Institute
for Forestry and Nature Research (IBN-DLO) and part of the
Research Institute for Agrobiology and Soil Fertility (AB-DLO).
This merger means that Alterra now combines a wide range of
expertise on rural areas and their sustainable use. Alterra
is an independent part of Wageningen University and Research
Centre and engages in strategic and applied research to support
design processes, policymaking and management at the local,
regional, national and international level. Alterra consists
of eight research departments one of which is the Department
of Ecology and Society, integrating ecological and social
science expertise.
Specific
relevant expertise
The
rural-urban interface is been a long-term topic for research
in Alterra and its ‘ancestors’, both in The Netherlands and
abroad. Many of the researchers involved have been brought
together in the ‘Urban-Rural’ team in the Department of Ecology
and Society. Alterra is presently participating in several
EU-INCO projects, including one in West Africa, led by our
sister institute LEI. Focus of this project is on the use
of urban waste by small-scale peri-urban farmers, but it also
covers townplanning issues and application of remote sensing
techniques for which Alterra is the main provider. Other members
of the ‘urban-rural’ team are presently co-ordinating the
EU-funded GREENSCOM project (Communicating urban growth and
green) under the ‘City of Tomorrow’ umbrella. In a context
of reserving and managing green space in and around urban
areas the topic of ‘urban agriculture’ has been explored by
Alterra and developed further in close consultation with practitioners,
both in The Netherlands and elsewhere. This includes an ongoing
project with partners in Hanoi.
Personnel participating in project
Name:
L.M. van den Berg (PhD.)
Key
qualifications: Urban geography, participatory land use planning,
rural-urban fringe dynamics
Name:
I.M. van den Top (MA)
Key qualifications:
Public administration, rural-urban relationships
Publications
Ajaegbu,
H.I., David Grossman and Leo M. van den Berg (eds.),
2000. Market gardening, urban development and income generation
on the Jos Plateau, Nigeria. NIRP Research for Policy Series,
Part 3. Royal tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam.
Eijk,
P. van, S.P. Tjallingii and I.M. van den Top (2000)
Workshops for Environmental Innovation; Towards shared understanding
in urban planning. In: Van den Top, M. and Selnes, T. (eds)
Sturing Stad Land, bundel naar aanleiding van een seminar
op 13 oktober 1999. Alterra-rapport 006, Wageningen.
Grossman,
David, Leo M. van den Berg and Hyacinth I. Ajaegbu
(eds.), 1999. Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture in Africa.
Proceedings of a Workshop in Netanya, Israel. Ashgate Publishing
Group, Aldershot, England.
Hoefsloot,
A.M. and L.M. van den Berg (eds), 1998. Successful
examples of integrated land use planning at the meso-level;
towards sustainable land use through negotiated conflict resolution.
DLO-Staring Centre Report No. 164. Wageningen.
Van
den Berg, L.M., 1984. Anticipating urban growth in Africa:
land use and land values in the rurban fringe of Lusaka, Zambia.
Zambia Geographical Association Occasional Study no.13. and
PhD thesis University of Amsterdam. Lusaka
Van
den Berg, L.M., 2001. Urban agriculture as the combination
of two ‘impossible’ though sustainable trends. In: Kim, K.,
I.Bowler and C.Bryant (eds). Developing Sustainable Cities.
Pusan National University Press.
Van
den Top, I.M., 1995. Incentives and obstacles to
the Implementation of more Sustainable methods in Agriculture
in Denmark, the Netherlands and Spain, Wageningen: Vakgroep
Voorlichtingskunde.
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Plant Research International (Plant RI),
The Netherlands
General information
Plant Research International (PRI) has a leading edge in
research on biodiversity, biotechnology, bioinformatics, biometry,
sustainable production systems, optimisation of nutrient management,
pathogenesis, resistance management and ecofriendly plant
protection. PRI owes its existence to a merger of three of
the Netherlands' most prominent agricultural research institutes
- AB, CPRO and IPO. Wide-ranging fields of expertise in plant
genetics, plant reproduction, crop physiology, agrosystems,
soil fertility and the optimisation of plant health and plant
product quality are combined. Plant Research International,
together with the Department of Plant Sciences of Wageningen
University and the Institute for Applied Plant Research, forms
the Expertise Group Plant Sciences of Wageningen University
and Research Centre (Wageningen UR).
Specific
relevant expertise
Plant Research International has extensive experience
in crop production and protection aspects of the development
of sustainable farming systems in Asia, Latin-America and
Africa at field, farm household as well as at national policy
level. We deliver knowledge and carry out innovative problem
solving research for profitable and ecologically responsible
production and protection of crops. Major clients of PRI research
are national and foreign ministries, EU, and world-wide organisations
such as the UN, FAO, OECD and World Bank. PRI is participating
since 1994 in a programme on the development of sustainable
lowland vegetable farming systems in Indonesia and is currently
involved in a project with Hanoi Agricultural University on
the development of sustainable peri-urban vegetable systems
in Hanoi, Vietnam. Together with other DLO partners
and the Wageningen Agricultural University, Plant Research
International participates in other INCO projects: System
research for integrated resource management and land use analysis
in South and South-East Asia (ICA4-2000-10399) and Genome
mapping and genetic studies of resistance and pathogenicity
in the wheat-Fusarium scab system EU-INCO (ERBIC18 CT98 0312).
Personnel participating in project
Name:
E. den Belder (PhD)
Key qualifications: Farming systems research, biodiversity
and biological control, integrated crop management, crop and
production ecology, crop protection practices and strategies,
evaluation of IPM programmes, approaches to pesticide policy
reform, the gender issue in crop protection
Name:
C. J. H. Booij (Ph.D)
Key qualifications: Systems analysis and simulation, organic
agriculture, ecology of natural enemies, nature-agriculture
relationships, field ecology, decision support systems
Name:
A. Haverkort (PhD)
Key qualifications: Systems analysis and simulation of crop
growth, especially field grown vegetables e.g. potato. Use
of these models in agro-ecological zoning, land use planning,
decision support systems and agro-supply chain management
Publications
den Belder, E., J. Elderson, W.J. van den Brink &
G. Schelling (2001). Effect of woodlots on onion thrips density
in leek fields: a landscape analysis. Agriculture, Ecosystems
and Environment
Smeding, F.W. & C.J.H. Booij, 1999. Effect of
field margin management on insectivorous birds, pests and
their predators in different landscapes. Aspects of Applied
Biology 54:367-374.
Neeteson, JJ, Booij, R and Whitmore, AP, 2000. Sustainable
nitrogen management in intensive vegetable production systems.
Acta Horticulturae.
Haverkort, A.J.,
D.K.L. Mackerorron (2000) Management of nitrogen and water
in potato production. Pp.353.
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Hanoi Agricultural University (HAU),
Vietnam
General
Information
Hanoi
Agricultural University is the leading centre for higher education
and training and research in agriculture and rural development
in Vietnam. In its research and extension activities, the
University focuses among others on IPM, safety food chains,
farming systems research and development, sustainable land
uses, horticulture, intensive farming technology and rural
resources management. The organization that will be most actively
involved in this project is the Centre for Agricultural Research
and Ecological Studies (CARES).
Specific relevant experience
The
Centre for Agricultural Research and Ecological Studies (CARES)
is an interdisciplinary institution specialising in the fields
of applied ecology, rural resources management, farming systems
R&D, sustainable agricultural development (including multicropping
R&D, land use planning) and environmental impact assessment.
CARES has been involved in numerous projects relevant to the
proposed project, dealing with topics such as farming systems
research and development in degraded soil areas of Soc Son
(1995-1997), cropping system adjustment for Lam Dong (1986-1990),
agricultural systems in Binh Dinh Province: challenges and
opportunities (1995-1996) and integrated rural development
for Hoa Lu District, Ninh Binh Province (1992-1997).
CARES also specialises in the areas of farm economy, agricultural
enterprises management and agricultural product markets. FERD
has been involved in a number of multidisciplinary studies
of the economics of vegetable production in the Red River
Basin and other areas, as well as marketing of vegetable products.
The Centre is currently collaborating with LEI and Alterra
on the development of sustainable vegetable production systems,
with an emphasis on integrated pest and disease management,
in the region surrounding Hanoi.
Personnel
participating in the project
Name:
Tran Duc Vien (Ph.D)
Key qualifications:
Applied ecology, rural resources management, farming systems
research and development, sustainable agricultural development,
project management.
Name:
Nguyen Thanh Lam (Ph.D)
Key qualifications:
Applied ecology, land use planning, environmental impact analysis
Name:
Nguyen Van Dinh (Ph.D)
Key qualifications:
Entomology, integrated pest management
Name:
Tran Huu Cuong (Ph.D)
Key qualifications:
Agricultural economics, farm management economics, agricultural
product markets.
Name:
Ngo The An (Master Degree)
Key
qualifications:
Spatial Analysis and GIS Expert
Publications
Tran
Huu Cuong, Tran Duc Vien, 1998. Vegetable
production economics on pilot areas in Haiduong Province.
Agriculture and Food Journal No.4.
Tran
Huu Cuong at al. 2000. Vegetable production and marketing
in Gialam District, Hanoi city. Proceeding workshop at HAU,
May 2000.
Nguyen
Quang Thach, 1999. Safe vegetable production in Hanoi:
Potential and challenges. Proceeding workshop paper. HAU,
1999
Pham
Thi Vuong,.1997. Status of integrated management of groundnut
insect pests in Vietnam. International-Arachis-Newsletter,
No. 17, 47-48.
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Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU),
China
General Information
Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) is a national key
university of high learning directly administered by the ministry
of education, and one of the earliest higher education establishments
for agriculture. The present student enrolment at the university
is more than 7,000, among whom there are about 750 doctorate
and postgraduate students. The university has established
20 research institutes and laboratories, three key laboratories
and other 10 organizations geared to the needs of teaching,
research, production and extension in the whole country. The
present university staff stands at 3,000, including 1,800
various professionals, among whom 500 are professors and other
senior scientists. The College of Land Management at Nanjing
Agricultural University (CLM-NAU) is the major institute for
education in resource & environmental economics and land
management in China. With the creation of the first PhD and
MSc programmes in Resource economics and land management in
China, CLM-NAU has been leading the progress in this field
in China since 1992.
Specific relevant expertise
The general objective of CLM-NAU is to contribute to sustainable
resources (land) use and economic development in China, through
its position as the centre of education and research in resource
economics and management in South China. The CLM-NAU consists
of three departments: resource economics, land administration,
land planning & information systems. The research and
advisory work is concentrated in two institutes, Centre for
Resource & Environmental Economics Study (CREE-NAU) and
the Institute of Real Estate Study. In recent years,
CLM-NAU not only has very closer international cooperation
with other international institutes in resource management
and economics, especially in sustainable land use. CLM is
for example a partner in the EU-DGXII funded EPISODE project
(ERB IC18-CT98-0281). CLM also has strong cooperation with
local and provincial government in land use planning and urban
planning. A serial research and land use planning projects
have been finished, for example Land Use Planning in Nanjing,
Nantong, Rugao, Hai-an and Lishui city of Jiangsu province.
CLM-NAU plays major roles in finishing all these projects.
CLM-NAU also joined research on city growth mechanism and
land use in the urban fringe in Nanjing and a research project
titled "sustainable land use in the fringe of a modern city.
Personnel
participating in the project
Name:
Prof. Qu Futian, Dean of CLM-NAU, Professor
of Department of Resource Economics
Key
qualifications:
Resource economics, institutional economics, policy analysis,
project management
Name:
Prof. Ou Minghao, Department of Land Use Planning and
Information Systems
Key qualifications:
Land use planning, remote sensing, urban planning
Name:
Ms. Chen Caihong: Department of Land Use Planning and Information
Systems
Key qualifications:
Urban planning, remote sensing, ecology
Name:
Ms. Ye Chen
Key qualifications:
Urban planning, economics
Name:
Mr. Shi Xiaoping
Key qualifications:
Agricultural econimcs, project management
Publications
Qu Futian. 2001. Economic Development and Sustainable
Land Use (book). The People Press, Beijing
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New
University of Lisbon (NUL), Portugal
General Information
The Center of Studies for Geography and Regional Planning
is an unity of research for the staff and collaborators of
the Department of Geography and Regional Planning, sited at
the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences (New University of
Lisbon). The Center is an independent institution financed
essentially by the Foundation for the Science and Technology.
There are six axes of research covering areas like land use
change, sustainable development of the rural areas, touristical
management, trade and public policies, urban studies, GIS
and landscape. The Center has contributed to a better knowledge
of the problems and areas that have been studied, publishing
regularly the results of the researches and organising conferences
and debates with experts of different institutions.
Specific relevant expertise
The team involved in this project deals mainly
with the sustainable rural development and has developed particular
expertise in the domain of organic farming at farm household
and at national policy level. At the moment the team is producing
a guidebook of organic farms for the Portuguese Ministry of
Agriculture which gives an overview of the existing farms
in each region and products available along the year, as well
as other relevant information such as touristical amenities
that may be interesting for the citizens. One of the members
of the team has been involved in other EU projects in the
field of sustainable agriculture such as “The Landscape and
Nature Production Capacity of Organic/Sustainable Types of
Agriculture” (1999) and participated in the board of direction
of AGROBIO – the Portuguese Association of Organic Farming
during three years. Besides there has been a regular participation
in conferences and meetings abroad, namely in the initiatives
carried out by IFOAM (International Federation of Organic
Agriculture Movements).
Personnel participating in the project
Name :
A. Firmino (Ph.D.)
Key Qualifications Rural Geography, sustainable development
of rural areas, organic farming systems research, agricultural
policy
Name :
C. Luis (Lic. of Arts)
Key Qualifications :
GIS, organic farming systems research
Publications
FIRMINO, A., LUIS, C., 2001. Promoting sustainable development
in the rural areas: a Guidebook for the West Region (Portugal).
Developing Sustainable Rural Systems, pp. 239-250.
FIRMINO, A., 2000. Organic Farming in Portugal. Organic
Agriculture in Europe, SÖL, Bad Dürkheim, pp.239-252.
FIRMINO, A., Organic Viticulture in Portugal. Proceedings
6th International Congress on Organic Viticulture,
Söl, Bad Dürkheim, pp.69-75.
FIRMINO, A., 2000. Desenvolvimento Sustentável: um novo paradigma
para as áreas rurais. GeoInova, nº1, UNL, pp. 115-127.
FIRMINO, A., 1999. Is Rural Sustainability possible in Portugal?.
Progress in Research on Sustainability of Rural Systems
, CEGPR, pp.110-119
FIRMINO, A.,1999. Agriculture and Landscape in Portugal. Landscape
and Urban Planning, Vol. 46, nr. 1-3, Dec., pp. 83-91.
FIRMINO, A., 1998. Potential des ökologischen Landbaus
in Portugal. Ökologischer Landbau in Europa, Deukalion,
Bad Dürkheim, pp. 302-316.
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The Institute of Sociology (IOS),
Hanoi, Vietnam
The institute of Sociology (IOS) is a governmental specialised
research organisation. Its major research activities focus
on socio-economic aspects of rural and urban development during
industrialisation and urbanisation in Vietnam. Over the past
five years, the IOS has carried out numerous studies related
to the following issues: land use; housing and the environment
for the poor; social aspects of urban planning and participatory
approach in urban management; organisational and institutional
transformations; and so on.
Specific relevant expertise
The
IOS has extensive experience in socio-economic aspects of
the sustainable development in urban and rural areas in Vietnam.
During the past five years the IOS has participated in a number
of projects on the issue of urban growth and environment in
cities in Vietnam. These projects have been funding from national
and international organisations such as Ministry of Agriculture
and Rural Development, Ministry of Planning and Investment,
UNDP, WB, ADB. From 1996 to 1998, the IOS carried out a national
subcontract of the Project VIE/95/050 which aimed at ““Improving
capability of urban planning and management in Hanoi city”.
In this project the IOS conducted a socio-economic survey
in Phu Thuong ward (used to be a horticultural area which
was changed its status to urban ward recently), Tay Ho district,
Hanoi in order to make plan for socio-economic development
of this ward with the approach of community participation.
In 1998, the IOS conducted a research on poverty and social
problem in Hai Phong city to prepare for the strategy on urban
and environment development for Hai Phong city up to the year
2000 (sponsored by WB). From 1998 to 2000, the IOS in collaboration
with the Faculty of Environmental Sciences (FES) at the University
of Amsterdam (UoA) carried out the Project “Institutional
Strengthening of Training And Research for urban improvement
of Hanoi and other cities in Vietnam” (ISTAR Project) with
funding from the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Vietnam. Under
this program a variety of activities have taken place including
courses and researches on housing, environment, socio-economic
aspects of fringe areas, and so on. With the Project VIE/97/P15
funded by the UNFPA, the IOS conducted a research to integrate
population indicators into socio-economic planning activities
in order to ensure sustainable development of Hanoi (1999-2000).
Personnel participating in project
Name:
Trinh Duy Luan (Ph. D)
Key qualifications:
Urban and community studies, policy analysis, participatory
technology development, project management, environmental
sociology.
Name:
Nguyen Huu Minh (Ph. D)
Key qualifications:
Ecology and demography studies, socio-economic analysis of
suburban areas, policy analysis, policy evaluation regarding
sustainable development in urban and rural areas.
Name:
Nguyen Xuan Mai (Ph.D)
Key qualifications:
Environmental sociology, participatory research, project management,
policy analysis.
Publications
Trinh Duy Luan and Hans Schenk (co-editor) 2000. Shelter
and living in Hanoi. Cultural publishing house.
Trinh Duy Luan and Hans Schenk (co-editor) 2000. Popular
housing in Hanoi. Cultural publishing house.
Trinh Duy Luan and Hans Schenk (co-editor) 2001. Housing
and land in Hanoi. Cultural publishing house.
Trinh Duy Luan 2000. Social factors of sustainable
urban development in Vietnam. In Sociological Review, No.
3 (71), p. 3-10.
Nguyen Huu Minh 2000. Improvement of using population
indicators in development planning in Hanoi- an urgent need.
In Sociological Review, No.3 (71), p. 38-46.
Nguyen Xuan Mai 2001. Housing problem in Hanoi:
Status quo and future requirements. In Trinh Duy Luan and
Hans Schenk (co-editor): Housing and land in Hanoi. Cultural
publishing house. p. 129-146.
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