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Aquaculture Outreach
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Over time outreach has developed a process-oriented approach to transfer the technologies resulting from on-station research to rural locales. For example, CRSP pond fertilization guidelines have now been widely applied or modified by small-scale farmers in Thailand and Vietnam through the extension networks of national organizations. AITs student thesis research also plays an important role in either developing appropriate technologies or conducting field trials in host countries. Technical services, administrative support, and coordina-tion of the outreach network involve a series of service providers, including AARM faculty and staff and international, |
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regional, and national expertise that is funded by donor agencies.
AOP coordinator Dr. Harvey Demaine believes that the AIT outreach approach will be propagated by its partner institutions through horizontal spread, which creates "networks" between provinces in Thailand and the Lao PDR, and through the development of networks by national institu-tions to serve their provincial clients, mostly in Vietnam.
AOPs future plans will continue to primarily focus on strengthening the capacity of institutions and individuals, extending its outreach efforts from the local to the national level throughout Southeast Asia. |
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING
AITs aquaculture outreach program has strengthened the teaching and research capabilities among its outreach partner institutions of Indochinese countries. In Vietnam, for example, more than 20 AIT alumni play key roles in aqua-culture development through Cantho University, the National University of Ho Chi Minh, the Research Institute for Aquacul-ture (RIA) Nos. 1 and 2, and Agricul-tural University of Hanoi, and the University of Fisheries in Nhatrang.
AIT alumni who have been involved in AITs outreach projects are the backbone of national aquaculture institutions and now are broadening their reach and seeking additional international linkages and support. This is particularly evident at Cantho University and RIA No. 1. A large number of AITs outreach partners and alumni actively participate in regional and international conferences. At a recent Asian Fisheries Society Forum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, more than 70 alumni and outreach associ-ates were present, representing about 10% of the total participants at the Forum.
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