| ID: | 83992 |
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| Country: | Viet Nam |
| Title: | Vietnam – Project for Adaption to Climate Change in the Mekong Delta in Ben Tre and Tra Vinh Provinces (AMD) – April 2023 |
| Description: |
Mrs. Huynh Thi Kim Binh, 26 years old, Phu Luong Hamlet, Tan Phu commune, Chau Thanh district, married with 1 child (left) and Ms. Nguyen Van Anh, 16 years old, Phu Ninh hamlet, Phu Duc commune, Chau Thanh district, single (right) shape vegetarian rolls. Each of them earns an average income of about VND 6 million per month (US$ 250). Mrs. Nguyen Thi Hong Van, 41 years old, owns and operates the Thanh Van Vegetarian Spring Roll production facility. In 2018, she accessed a loan through the Co-Financing for Adaptation Fund (CFAF) facility of the Adaptation in the Mekong Delta in the Ben Tre and Tra Vinh Provinces (AMD) project. Van invested in a machine to cook pomelo pith, used as spring roll filling, and expanded her facility. Small-scale production of vegetarian spring rolls is a good income-generating source for rural people. “Local people prefer vegetarian spring rolls because of the fresh flavours,” said Van. She has created employment for people in her community to whom she pays an average of VND 6 million per month (US$250). For two of these employees, their earnings represent the main source of their household income, enabling them to escape poverty. Most people in the Phu Duc commune, Chau Thanh district, with its favourable year-round weather conditions and supply of fresh water, grow fruit trees such as durian, rambutan and especially green-skinned pomelo. Van has little land for production, but she had a long history of making vegetarian spring rolls. "I expanded my production of vegetarian spring rolls with the hope of promoting the traditional vocation, taking advantage of the surplus of locally produced pomelo peel,” explained Van. The Project for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Mekong Delta in the Ben Tre and Tra Vinh Provinces (AMD) strengthened the resilience and adaptive capacity of 54,000 smallholder farmer households by generating sustainable income opportunities and improved rural livelihoods, reaching an estimated 210,000 people. To this end, AMD invests in climate resilient, inclusive, and remunerative value chain opportunities, including coconut, fruits, and aquaculture. |
| Size: | 8.13 MB; 4928 x 3280 pixels; 417 x 278 mm (print at 300 DPI); 1304 x 868 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Show more details: | Nguyen Hoang Sanh |
| Copyright: | © IFAD/ Nguyen Hoang Sanh |
| Categories: | New from Asia and the Pacific |
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