Rikolto in Vietnam

Rikolto Rice Cluster works within rice value chains in 9 countries: Indonesia, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Vietnam. Rikolto's rice sector staff in these 9 countries meet within the "Rice Cluster" to encourage peer-to-peer learning and monitoring across regions, and to seek knowledge exchange between partners and other rice sectors.

Integrated farming models, which combine rice cultivation and aquaculture (either fish or shrimp), have been implemented for decades in the Mekong Delta. This model enables the sustainable intensification of food production while diversifying income and decreasing farmers’ vulnerability to crop failure.

Inclusive business is key intervention strategy based on the ‘win-win plus’ principle. Rikolto and our implementing partners facilitate the participation of and strengthen the benefits for all partners involved in business relations.

We are currently looking for a Vietnamese national for the position of Finance Intern based in the Regional Office in Hanoi, Vietnam.

We are currently seeking a qualified professional for the position of Project Officer for the project ‘Increasing fruit and vegetable intake of low-income populations in Vietnam and Nigeria through food system innovations’ for the period 2019-2021. The deadline to submit applications is 31 October 2018.

As part of the project “Capitalisation of Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) experiences in Vietnam for upscaling and institutionalisation”, supported by the Agroecology Learning Alliance in Southeast Asia, Rikolto developed a trainer’s toolbox to encourage more practitioners to support the development of PGS in their area.

In July 2018, Hanoi’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and Rikolto started a new collaboration to setup PGS for safe vegetables in various locations around Hanoi. Supported by the Conservation, Food and Health Foundation, this project aims to build evidence of the benefits of PGS in order to replicate the model across Hanoi.