The MEKARN project has finished

The MEKARN (Mekong Basin Animal Research Network) Programme involves cooperation between HUV and 14 research institutes and university departments of animal production/science in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. The programme was supported by Sida and became operational in 2001, and the third and final phase (2008-2012) has now ended. Activities have focused on the sustainable use of natural resources in integrated, small-scale livestock-based systems. In December 2012 the final five PhD students defended their theses in the MEKARN project.

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Facts about MEKARN

• 63 students from four countries have received Master of Science degree from SLU, of which 32 % from Cambodia, 24% från Lao PDR, 34 % från Vietnam and 11 % from Thailand
• In average 36% of the students were females
• 32 doctors graduated during 2001-2012
• All research done in home country on practical, farmer-related issues
• In general four articles are included in the doctoral thesis

Contact:

Ewa Wredle, ewa.wredle@slu.se, phone +46 18 672699