Department of Agricultural Technology
Head of Department: Dr. Tran Thi Thuy Hang
Deputy Head of Department: Dr. Tran Nguyen Hai Nam
Head of Union of the Department: Dr. Le Thi Phuong Mai
Human Resources Agricultural Technology Department
The Department of Agricultural Technology is responsible for directly organizing or coordinating with relevant units to conduct and manage courses at Hoa An Campus, Can Tho University (CTU). Additionally, the department engages in research and technology transfer related to agriculture, forestry, and fisheries.
- Education
- The Department collaborates with other CTU training units (Faculties, Institutes and Departments) to organize and manage training for related disciplines and majors (such as Rural Development; Crop Science; Agronomy; Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine; Aquaculture; Silviculture; Biodiversity management, etc.), according to the regulations and coordination of CTU.
- The Department carries out activities related to enrollment, opening new training majors, compiling textbooks, lectures, advising students, and scientific research.
- Guiding undergraduate and postgraduate theses: majors in agronomy, horticulture, animal husbandry-veterinary, aquaculture, rural development,...
- Scientific research
- The Department conducts research related to: agriculture, forestry, fishery, environment, farming models (intensive, combined and ecological) and rural development,...
- Technology transfer and short-term training
The Department cooperates with other units in CTU to organize and provide technology transfer and short-term training courses relating to the fields which the department undertakes, such as:
- Rice breeding, Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and safe vegetable production,
- Farming techniques, seed production and disease prevention in livestock and aquaculture,
- Integrated farming models: garden-pond-livestock pen (VAC), VAC-biogas, rice-aquaculture.