Climate services in practice: An outcome evaluation of Vietnam's agro-climatic bulletin approach

This study evaluates Vietnam’s Agro-Climatic Bulletin (ACB) approach—an innovative, government-led climate service designed to support climate-resilient agricultural planning across the Mekong River Delta. Developed under the DeRISK SE Asia project, ACBs are co-produced by Technical Working Groups i...

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Main Authors: Nguyen, Van, Blundo Canto, Genowefa
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175853
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description This study evaluates Vietnam’s Agro-Climatic Bulletin (ACB) approach—an innovative, government-led climate service designed to support climate-resilient agricultural planning across the Mekong River Delta. Developed under the DeRISK SE Asia project, ACBs are co-produced by Technical Working Groups integrating weather forecasts, agricultural data, and adaptive recommendations for farmers, and are disseminated via digital, audio, and print formats. Using outcome harvesting, innovation history, and semi-structured interviews with 33 stakeholders across eight provinces, the evaluation identified 123 reported outcomes across areas such as farmer practices, institutional communication, capacity building, and scaling. Results show improved inter-agency coordination, enhanced technical capacity, more responsive agro-advisories, and increased local adaptation and ownership of the ACB model. However, challenges such as lack of formal institutionalization, funding uncertainty, and limited farmer-level impact evidence persist. The study recommends formalizing ACBs within government policy frameworks, investing in automation and farmer-level research, supporting communication innovations, and strengthening multi-level coordination to scale and sustain the approach.
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spelling CGSpace1758532025-11-05T11:45:52Z Climate services in practice: An outcome evaluation of Vietnam's agro-climatic bulletin approach Nguyen, Van Blundo Canto, Genowefa evaluation climate change adaptation food security resilience climate services viet nam-vietnam democratic republic agricultural planning This study evaluates Vietnam’s Agro-Climatic Bulletin (ACB) approach—an innovative, government-led climate service designed to support climate-resilient agricultural planning across the Mekong River Delta. Developed under the DeRISK SE Asia project, ACBs are co-produced by Technical Working Groups integrating weather forecasts, agricultural data, and adaptive recommendations for farmers, and are disseminated via digital, audio, and print formats. Using outcome harvesting, innovation history, and semi-structured interviews with 33 stakeholders across eight provinces, the evaluation identified 123 reported outcomes across areas such as farmer practices, institutional communication, capacity building, and scaling. Results show improved inter-agency coordination, enhanced technical capacity, more responsive agro-advisories, and increased local adaptation and ownership of the ACB model. However, challenges such as lack of formal institutionalization, funding uncertainty, and limited farmer-level impact evidence persist. The study recommends formalizing ACBs within government policy frameworks, investing in automation and farmer-level research, supporting communication innovations, and strengthening multi-level coordination to scale and sustain the approach. 2025-07-01 2025-07-29T12:09:51Z 2025-07-29T12:09:51Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175853 en Open Access application/pdf Nguyen, V.; Blundo Canto, G. (2025) Climate services in practice: An outcome evaluation of Vietnam's agro-climatic bulletin approach. Impact Brief Series #5. 4 p.
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climate change adaptation
food security
resilience
climate services
viet nam-vietnam democratic republic
agricultural planning
Nguyen, Van
Blundo Canto, Genowefa
Climate services in practice: An outcome evaluation of Vietnam's agro-climatic bulletin approach
title Climate services in practice: An outcome evaluation of Vietnam's agro-climatic bulletin approach
title_full Climate services in practice: An outcome evaluation of Vietnam's agro-climatic bulletin approach
title_fullStr Climate services in practice: An outcome evaluation of Vietnam's agro-climatic bulletin approach
title_full_unstemmed Climate services in practice: An outcome evaluation of Vietnam's agro-climatic bulletin approach
title_short Climate services in practice: An outcome evaluation of Vietnam's agro-climatic bulletin approach
title_sort climate services in practice an outcome evaluation of vietnam s agro climatic bulletin approach
topic evaluation
climate change adaptation
food security
resilience
climate services
viet nam-vietnam democratic republic
agricultural planning
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