In order to promote the potential and strengths of forestry, on May 23-24, 2023, at the Tiên Kỳ Agricultural Cooperative in Tân Kỳ District, the Management Board of the “Forest Management Decision-Making, Sustainable Forest Management and Forest Certification for Small-Scale Plantation Forests in Vietnam” (VIE 8748) project, led by the Union of Cooperatives of Nghệ An Province, organized a training course to raise awareness of forest economics for 73 members of the cooperative who are forest owners.
Through the training, the participants were provided with basic knowledge of forest value chains, as well as skills to analyze and identify value chain upgrading activities, contributing to the development of the cooperative’s business plan in a market-oriented way.
The training content included the following main parts:
- Introduction to forest value chains
- Analysis of forest value chains
- Upgrading of forest value chains
- Business linkage in the forestry sector
The participants participated in discussion activities, sharing experiences, and practicing value chain analysis.
At the end of the training course, the participants were awarded certificates of completion.
The training was highly rated by the participants and contributed to raising awareness and skills for forest owners in the development of sustainable forest economics.