 The Vietnamese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (VAAS) was established by Decree No. 220/2005/QD-TTg which was signed by the Prime Minister of Vietnam on 9 September 2005. English name: Vietnamese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (VAAS)
Organisation: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)
Board of directors: One president and two vice presidents;
Number of department: Five departments;
Number of member institution: Nine research institutes and one centre.
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 FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
VAAS has diverse responsibilities:  | - To provide to the Minister of MARD the comprehensive visions, strategic directions and research and development programs in Vietnamese agriculture and rural development; |
- To conduct basic and applied research, technology transfer and post-graduate training programs in agriculture and rural development. -Major research fields: crop production, soil fertility and fertilizers, plant protection, post harvest technology and quality assurance, cropping systems that are in harmony with the natural environment;  | To evaluate, approve and monitor research and development projects that are submitted and implemented by the VAAS’ member institutions;
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To collect, maintain and multiply Vietnamese crop germplasm, breeding lines, parental lines and microbiological strains (including edible and medicinal mushroom/fungi); - To deliver advisory services and production solutions for agriculture to the farming sector;  | - To conduct the professional development of staff including post-graduate study and external training in agriculture and rural development;
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- To establish international liaison for co-operation in research, technology transfer, expertise exchange and human resources development; and - To co-operate with local and international organizations and individuals to develop scientific research and technology, testing new techniques and human resources development on the assigned fields. |
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Understanding the Evolution of Defense Metabolites in Arabidopsis thaliana |
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With the improvement and decline in cost of high-throughput genotyping and phenotyping technologies, genome-wide association (GWA) studies are fast becoming a preferred approach for dissecting complex quantitative traits.
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NEW FUSARIUM CHEMOTYPE TIGHTENS FHB TOLERANCE LEVELS |
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Mycotoxin contamination in wheat is a big problem of the industry in Canada. The mycotoxins are produced by the fusarium head blight Fusarium graminearum. A level of fusarium damaged kernels (FDK) has been established for the wheat harvest in the country based on the mycotoxin produced by the traditional chemotype or strain of F. graminearum 15 ADON.
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Drought-tolerance: A Learning Challenge for Poor Farmers |
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'Drought-tolerant crops could improve food security - if researchers take downstream adoption challenges seriously, says Travis Lybbert.'
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Study Finds Media May be Overhyping Benefits of Organic Food, Agriculture |
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News accounts of organic agriculture and organic food are more likely to be positive than negative and inaccurately claim organic food is safer, according to Kansas State University's Doug Powell. Powell, an associate professor of food safety, is the co-author of "Coverage of organic agriculture in North American newspapers: Media -- linking food safety, the environment, human health and organic agriculture," just published in the British Food Journal.
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