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Evaluation of SLU’s research and capacity development collaborations with Vietnam 1977–2018
(SLU Global, 2020) Freudenthal, Solveig
The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences’ (SLU) contacts with Vietnam were initiated more than 35 years ago. Several departments and faculties at SLU have over the years been involved in the collaborations. This has mainly consisted of research capacity development programmes funded by Sida/SAREC aimed at strengthening individual and institutional research capacity in Vietnamese priority areas. The programmes have been part of the development agenda to reduce poverty and contribute to the socio-economic development of Vietnam. Smaller research projects undertaken by individual researchers at SLU in collaboration with individual researchers in Vietnam have also taken place with other funding. Some of these projects have also involved Swedish MSc and PhD students who have been able to conduct fieldwork in Vietnam. Many programmeshave been large long-term projects involving several universities and research institutes in Vietnamand resulting in a large number of VietnameseMSc and PhD graduates. The purpose of the evaluation was to identify results and relevant approaches of SLU’s research and capacity development collaborations with Vietnam. Focus has been on initiatives within sectors relevant to agriculture, rural development and forestry. Both qualitative and quantitative methods have been used in the study