Climate change adaption project launched in Dak Lak
The National Agriculture Extension Centre and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) launched a communications programmne on disaster prevention, supply of materials and breeding chickens to farmers in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on May 25.
Dak Lak (VNA) – The NationalAgriculture Extension Centre and the United Nations Food and AgricultureOrganisation (FAO) launched a communications programmne on disaster prevention,supply of materials and breeding chickens to farmers in the Central Highlandsprovince of Dak Lak on May 25.
Director of the centre Tran Van Khoi said Vietnamhas been hit hard by natural disasters and climate change in recent years. Therefore,responding to climate change and disasters is a long-term task.
He urged each individual to raise theirawareness of disaster prevention and production in adaptation to climatechange.
To help restore the livelihoods of poultryfarmers and poor households hit by drought and salinisation caused by El Nino,the centre and FAO granted breeding chickens and feed to 585 households in DakLak. Each received 20 chickens and 40kg of feed.
The project began in December 2017 in DakLak, Gia Lai, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan, Ben Tre and Kien Giang. It hascontributed to raising local officials and farmers’ awareness of chicken andduck rearing techniques and climate change adaptation./.
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Illustrative image (Source: AFP) 
