Documenting Success
The World Poultry Foundation sponsored a multi-year hatchery improvement program for small independent owners in the northern region of Vietnam. Through the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), seminars and workshops are conducted on hatchery biosecurity, construction, efficiency, and genetics. As a part of this initiative, the FAO (through WPF funding) has developed a comprehensive training manual that is available to all producers. Currently the training manual is in English and Vietnamese, with additional language translations being evaluated.
In addition, groups of individuals were trained in extension support to offer technical advice and guidance to the local independent hatchery owners and producers of day old chicks in the regions.
Due to the overwhelming success and response of the project, funding for additional training in the southern part of Vietnam has been approved and will be implemented starting in Q4 of 2017.
