Challenges to Rural Poverty Reduction in Viet Nam - Oxfam Blogs
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Five-year Synthesis Report<br />
Part 2: <strong>Challenges</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Rural</strong> <strong>Poverty</strong> <strong>Reduction</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Viet</strong> <strong>Nam</strong><br />
TABLE 7.4. Local people’s feedbacks on the knowledge and behaviour of<br />
commune/village agricultural extension staff, 2011 (%)<br />
115<br />
Communes Knowledge Behaviour<br />
Good Normal Not<br />
good<br />
Don’t<br />
know<br />
Good Normal Not<br />
good<br />
Thuan Hoa 21 79 0 0 54 46 0 0<br />
Ban Lien 15 77 3 5 72 23 0 5<br />
Thanh Xuong 10 82 0 8 24 67 0 10<br />
Luong M<strong>in</strong>h 46 31 15 8 54 31 8 8<br />
Duc Huong 41 48 7 5 82 18 0 0<br />
Xy 55 38 8 0 75 15 9 0<br />
Don’t<br />
know<br />
Cu Hue 46 46 4 4 50 42 4 4<br />
Phuoc Dai 12 47 6 35 38 56 0 6<br />
Phuoc Thanh 13 39 4 43 52 35 9 4<br />
Thuan Hoa 56 33 0 11 78 22 0 0<br />
Average 31 56 4 9 59 34 3 4<br />
SOURCE: Households <strong>in</strong>terviews<br />
Work<strong>in</strong>g attitude of agricultural extension staff are appreciated. Most local<br />
residents considered staff behaviour <strong>to</strong> be “good” (Table 7.4); most have “enthusiasm at<br />
work” and are “friendly with the people”. Com<strong>in</strong>g from the same ethnic group and liv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong> the same location, the agricultural extension staff can be a bridge l<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g people and<br />
commune and district agricultural extension staff, especially <strong>in</strong> remote villages.<br />
There are few agricultural extension services clubs and they do not play a<br />
major role. The clubs are designed for people <strong>to</strong> exchange <strong>in</strong>formation and are the<br />
focal po<strong>in</strong>ts for rural agricultural extension services. Accord<strong>in</strong>g <strong>to</strong> respondents and<br />
agricultural extension staff the clubs’ <strong>in</strong>effectiveness is due <strong>to</strong> the fact that they do not<br />
meet the demands of the people, are not attractive <strong>to</strong> members and lack regular support<br />
from the authorities, mass organizations and the agricultural extension services.<br />
Socialization of agricultural extension services have been widespread. In<br />
areas where commodity production is developed, enterprises organise sem<strong>in</strong>ars <strong>to</strong><br />
demonstrate their models and projects and shops sell<strong>in</strong>g agricultural products, especially<br />
<strong>in</strong>secticides, provide advice. However, at some moni<strong>to</strong>r<strong>in</strong>g po<strong>in</strong>ts, enterprises and shops<br />
sell low quality and out of date products that sometimes cause harm.<br />
Agricultural extension policies