ARES CCD Programme PRD-PFS 2015 - Natural bio-active plant products for environmental friendly aquaculture production in the Mekong Delta

Le programme est réparti sur 11 pays, dont 6 pays partenaire de la coopération gouvernementale. Il est composé de 7 projets de recherche pour le développement (PRD), 3 projets de formation spécialisée (PFS) et 7 projets d’initiative innovante (PII), plus deux projets de réserve et une ligne générale pour le suivi et l’évaluation. Vietnamese aquaculture is coping with many problems, of which disease outbreaks are among the most important concerns. Chemicals or antibiotics are applied quite extensively to control pathogens, sometimes under improper management. The application of these chemicals brings a lot of disadvantages such as their bioconcentration in cultivated organisms, human carryover, pollution, development of antibiotic resistant bacteria, destabilization of helpful bacterial populations in environment and immunosuppression in fish. Nowadays, more environmental-friendly prophylactic and preventive solutions are required and natural bio-active products are searched for to enhance the immune system and health status of cultivated animals. However, despite a high diversity of wild plants distributed in the different eco-regions of Vietnam and the interest of a large proportion of aquaculture farmers to use alternatives to antibiotics, the actual use of natural derived products in aquaculture is not yet very popular in the country, due to a lack of knowledge regarding the existence of such bio-active products and the demonstration of their efficiency on fish.

Renforcer les ressources et les compétences des partenaires universitaires du Sud afin qu’ils puissent apporter des solutions à des problèmes identifiés au sein de la société locale à travers leurs missions de recherche, de formation et de service à la société A list of useful plant extracts with related recommendations is available to key stakeholders as a feasible alternative to the overuse of chemicals (including antibiotics) in aquaculture in the Mekong delta. In this project, chemical and biological technologies will help to develop effective methods for extraction, characterization, bioactivity evaluation and formulation of high-value natural derived materials for aquaculture production at affordable prices for farmers, the specific objective being to provide to key stakeholders a list of useful plant extracts with related recommendations as a feasible alternative to the overuse of chemicals in Vietnamese aquaculture.