FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry was established based on the Former Economic Agriculture and Forestry Board according to the decision No. 3585/QĐ-BGD&ĐT-TCCB on 07/07/2003 of the Minister of the Ministry of Education and Training.
Now, Faculty are being oriented to development to one of the most important agricultural studies and research faculty of the University of Da Lat.
The mission of Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry is to stabilize and focus on enhancement of quality graduate students so that they can serve the socioeconomic development of the Highlands, South-Eastern provinces and Coastal regions of Central Vietnam.
Academic Courses
Three key departments form the backbone of the faculty. They are:
- Bachelor of Agronomics
- Bachelor of Postharvest Technology
- College level of Postharvest Technology
From 2008, courses will be conducted with units of credits (144 units of credit/department).
Undergraduate students of College of Postharvest Technology have a chance to study in Bachelor of Postharvest Technology.
International Collaboration
- National Chungbuk University (Korea)
- The University of Newcastle (Australia)
- Andong National (Korea)
- King's Mongkut National University (Thailand)
Current Research Projects – Production and Technology Transfer
Numerous research projects are being conducted by a total of 16 staff members
- Quality audit for vegetables, fruit and flowers for export.
- Soil analysis.
- Identification of flower, plant and industrial diseases.
- Collaborate with the company and foreign company to produce mass living organisms and bioactive substances.
- Collaborate with the other faculties to establish a Center of Plant Propagation and Propagation in- vitro and ex-vitro.
- Hand over the process: breeding, selection and production.
- Postharvest services of preservation and processing vegetables and flowers.
Furthermore, the Faculty will continue to collaborate with the external university, organizations, institutes and local and national research centers such as Cotton and Other Fiber Crops Research and Development Institute, Biology Sub-Institute Dalat, the Office of Science and Technology Lam Đong and Đong Nai, Research Center of Biology and Forestry and the Office of Agriculture, Institute of Applied Technology of Ho Chi Minh in order to implement training programs and extend training and researching.
