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Newcastle expertise adds value to Vietnamese agri-food industry

Academics from the Centre for Rural Economy and the School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, and Newcastle University Business School, are working with the University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City to help Vietnamese Farmers boost their efficiency and the profitability of their industry, in a project funded by the British Council's Newton Fund.  Dr Carmen Hubbard said: "We are working with our Vietnamese colleagues in both the academic sector and their government departments.  The project aims to build links between Newcastle University and the University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City to investigate how precision farming techniques could be applied more widely and what the current barriers to that are, what opportunities exist for building brands and penetrating international markets, and how the agri-food sector could be helping to build and strengthen the country's economy."

published on: 22 June 2016