NARDT - NETWORK FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT THINK-TANKS FOR COUNTRIES IN MEKONG SUB-REGION

The NARDT project funded by IFAD is designed to form a consortium with flexible cooperation mechanism where think tanks of different stakeholders of Myanmar, Lao, Cambodia and Vietnam (CLMV) can work together to improve the quality of policies in agriculture and rural development (ARD) and facilitate the up-scaling and institutionalization of good practices, innovations and lessons learnt from the programs supported by IFAD and other donors.

Representatives from CLMV countries signed the membership agreements to launch the Network on 17 July in Hanoi - Vietnam

H.E. Vice Minister Phùng Đức Tiến of MARD delivered speech at the NARDT launching workshop.

Lead-agencies of NARDT in member countries

	Institute for Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development The lead agency of NARDT-Vietnam		Center for Economic and Social Development The lead agency of NARDT-Myanmar
	National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute The lead agency of NARDT-Lao		Cambodia Development Resource Institute The lead agency of NARDT-Cambodia

Contact: 

Project Hosting: Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD)

Project Director: Dr. Tran Cong Thang, Director General, IPSARD

Address: 16 Thuy Khue Street, Tay Ho district, Hanoi, Vietnam; Tel: +84-24-37280941

Email address: [email protected]