Giang Duong
Nationality: Vietnamese
Year of Graduation: 2019
MSc thesis
Explaining farmers’ adoption of rice straw mushroom growing in Can Tho city in Mekong River Delta, Vietnam – An application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour
Please tell us about your AFECO experience and its benefits to your development
I followed the AFECO program during 2017-2019 after having worked several years at the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. The AFECO program helped me to consolidate my agricultural economic knowledge and sharpen my analytical skills, especially quantitative ones, which are very helpful for my work.
What is your current occupation?
I am working with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations as a Value Chain Development Consultant. My work focuses on supporting and facilitating the development of sustainable food value chains and food systems, particularly in developing countries. I am in charge of a wide range of tasks, including conducting research to inform decision-making, as well as project formulation/design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. I’ve been supporting projects in various regions, ranging from Sub-Saharan Africa, the Balkan, the Caucasus, to the Caribbean and Asia-Pacific. A big part of the work requires intensive interaction and consultations with various value chain stakeholders coming from the private and public sectors, the civil society, and the broader community involved in the value chains of consideration.
How did AFECO help you get where you are?
The AFECO program has consolidated my agricultural economic knowledge and sharpened my analytical skills, especially quantitative ones, which are very helpful for my work. Of particular relevance are the skills regarding evaluating the impacts of development projects and policies, which I try to apply to the projects I’m involved in so as to improve the effectiveness of project interventions.