Regional seminar workshop on
Sustainable Livestock based Agriculture in the Lower Mekong Basin
 

Can Tho, Viet Nam
May 23-25th 2005
 

Organized and Sponsored by
Can Tho University and MEKARN Programme

  Objectives:

• Review of progress of the third and fourth years of activities of the regional research cooperation on Sustainable Livestock based Agriculture in the Lower Mekong Basin – MEKARN programme, funded by the Swedish International Development Agency

• Presentation of results of experiments aimed at improving the sustainability of livestock-based farming systems in Cambodia, Lao, Thailand and Vietnam

•  To provide an opportunity for young researchers in the region to present their finding at a regional seminar workshop and to exchange experiences with invited national and international scientists

1 February 2005

 Dr Preston and Dr Hieu visit all participating institutions (other than in Thailand) to help with analysis and interpretation of research results and preparation of abstracts and power point presentations.

1 March 2005

Abstracts sent to regpreston@utafoundation.org

 6 March 2005

Decision regarding the programme  made during the Mekarn SC meeting

23-35 May 2005

Participants hand the final written papers and Power Point presentations to Dr Preston for preparation of CDROM disks and  posting on Mekarn web page. Copies of the CD ROM disks will be given  to all participants at the end of the seminar.

1 July 2005

Printed copy of proceedings sent to participants