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Improving productivity and fruit quality of sweet persimmon in Vietnam and Australia

Project ID:
AGB/2006/066
Collaborating Countries:
Vietnam
Commissioned Organisation:
Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Australia
Project Leader
Mr Robert Nissen
Phone: 07 5444 9631
Fax: 07 5441 2235
Email: nissenb@dpi.qld.gov.au
Collaborating Institutions:
  • NSW Department of Primary Industries, Australia
  • Plant Protection Research Institute, Vietnam
  • Research Institute of Fruit and Vegetables, Vietnam
Project Budget:
$694,043
Project Duration:
01/01/2008 - 31/12/2011
ACIAR Research Program Manager
Mr David Shearer
Project Overview

Persimmon fruit is used extensively in Vietnam for ceremonial occasions, and the Government considers them to have the potential to develop into a large commercial industry. Currently, the available varieties and management technology are of poor quality and result in low yield. This is compounded by poor postharvest handling which means less than 30% of the fruit produced in Vietnam is of marketable quality.

This project aims to enhance the productivity, yield and fruit quality of persimmon, to develop low-input, cost effective, best orchard management practices for Vietnamese conditions, to improve the postharvest handling of astringent and non-astringent varieties to increase penetration in the domestic market, and to transfer new technologies using appropriate extension methods. The work aims to significantly improve the socioeconomic standing of poorer, rural ethnic groups living in mountainous regions Vietnam.