RESULTS OF APPLYING GAP ON CABBAGE AND WATERMELON PRODUCTION IN NGHE AN AND NORTHERN CENTRAL OF VIETNAM

During years from 2007 to 2010 under the sponsorship of the CARD program and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Agricultural Science Institute of Northern Central Vietnam has conducted research applying good agricultural practices to produce cabbage and watermelon in the Nghe An province of North Central Vietnam. The main objective of this study was to apply good agricultural practices to reduce pesticide residues; to help farmers access new markets to sell safe and high quality vegetables; and to increase farmers income through the production of higher yield and better quality of vegetable products. The full technical package of production processes of high quality cabbage and watermelons has been transferred to farmers including good varieties, intensive technical process, cultivating practices under GAP guideline and some skills on marketing, commercial promotion of vegetable products and so on. Up to now, farmers at the project sites in Northern Central areas have adopted all the required techniques and they are producing by themselves with good vegetable products, even though the project finished in 2008, and farmers are no longer receiving any subsidy.