The potential for public private partnerships to boost investment in agriculture in Vietnam – including in agroforestry – is the subject of an article in Vietnam Investment Review.

A recent meeting in Hanoi reviewed sustainable agricultural growth through public-private partnerships over the past 3 years. Among the achievements is work by the Global Sustainable Agroforestry Fund together with Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development towards the government’s ambitious 2011-2015 Green Growth Strategy which aims to attain a 20% reduction in emissions, 20% reduction in poverty and 20% increase in growth.

“PPPs have the potential to give the development of professional supply chains a boost and ensure sustainable development,” said Dr Dang Kim Son, Director of the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD).

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