TAILIEUCHUNG - Project Technical Report:" Implementation of the IPM program using weaver ants as a major component for cashew growers in Vietnam- MS5 "

Cashew is an important crop in Vietnam, and the government has assigned the development as a national priority cashew productivity has increased since 2002, but the widespread use of drugs pesticides has caused health problems for farmers, animals and the environment. Article IPM program using ants as a key component in the development of Charles Darwin University (CDU) does not use toxic pesticides, but high-yield results. This project is using the CDU of IPM to develop and implement an IPM program that will work in conditions of Vietnam. The proposed activities of the six third month of the project. | Ministry of Agriculture Rural Development Australian Government AusAID Project Progress Report 029 05VIE Implementation of the IPM program using weaver ants as a major component for cashew growers in Vietnam MS5 THIRD SIX-MONTHLY REPORT Renkang Peng Keith Christian and La Pham Lan 7 September 2007 1 Table of Contents 1. Institute Information 2 2. Project Abstract 3 3. Executive Summary 3 4. Introduction Background 4 5. Progress to Date 5 Implementation Highlights 5 Smallholder Benefits 5 Capacity Building 8 Publicity 9 Project Management 9 6. Report on Cross-Cutting Issues 9 Environment 9 Gender and Social Issues 9 7. Implementation Sustainability Issues 9 Issues and Constraints 9 Options 9 Sustainability 10 8. Next Critical Steps 10 9. Conclusion 10 10. Statuatory Declaration 10 11. Tables and appendix 13 1 1. Institute Information Project Name Implementation of the IPM program using weaver ants as a major component for cashew growers in Vietnam Vietnamese Institution Institute of Agricultural Science of South Vietnam Vietnamese Project Team Leader Mr La Pham Lan Australian Organisation Charles Darwin University Australian Personnel Prof. Keith Christian and Dr Renkang Peng Date commenced February 2006 Completion date original January 2009 Completion date revised Reporting period March 2007 - August 2007 Contact Officer s In Australia Team Leader Name Keith Christian Telephone 61 8 89466706 Position Professor Fax 61 8 89466847 Organisation Charles Darwin Email University In Australia Administrative contact Name Jenny Carter Telephone 61 08 89466708 Position Research Manager Fax 61 8 89467199 Organisation Charles Darwin University Email In Vietnam Name La Pham Lan Telephone 84 0913829560 Position Head of Plant Protection Fax 84 8 8297650 Department Organisation Institute of Agricultural Email lphlan@ Science of South Vietnam

• Báo cáo khoa học
• techniques for growing things
• take care of things
• the value hat
• pesticides
• environmental protection
• ants
• ant value
• cashew
• cashew engineering
• agriculture
• Vietnam
• the IPM program
• using weave
• value of the weaver ant
• beneficial insects
• Chaotic Rough
• Particle Swarm
• Optimization Algorithms
• Real Value
• Attribute Discretization
• Attribute Reduction