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Start-up workshop on climate change adaption in Mekong Delta

A five-day start-up workshop on “Adaption in the Mekong Delta (AMD) in Ben Tre and Tra Vinh provinces”, a climate change response programme, was launched on September 1, focussing mainly on the project’s technical details.
A five-day start-up workshop on “Adaption in the Mekong Delta (AMD) inBen Tre and Tra Vinh provinces”, a climate change response programme,was launched on September 1, focussing mainly on the project’s technicaldetails.

The People’s Committees of the two Mekong Deltaprovinces of Ben Tre and Tra Vinh, in collaboration with theInternational Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), are hosting theevent.

According to Roshan Cooke, IFAD’s Regional Climate andEnvironment Specialist, workshop participants will concentrate ondiscussing opportunities to diversify and develop local livelihoods,such as selecting appropriate crops and livestock, as well as outliningplans for vocational training courses.

The workshop also needs to produce a detailed six-year implementation plan for the programme.

The AMD programme in Ben Tre and Tra Vinh is being implemented in 30 communes in each province between 2014 and 2020.

Its main objective is to develop sustainable livelihoods for the ruralpoor in the face of a changing climate, and to enhance the targetcommunities’ capacities to adapt to climate change.

The totalbudget is 1.034 trillion VND (approximately 48 million USD), including a426 billion VND (over 20 million USD) loan and a 252 billion VND(nearly 12 million USD) grant from IFAD.-VNA
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