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The Vetiver Network announces the recipients of its 1998 Research and Development Awards totalling US$50,000.
CATEGORY 1. SOIL EROSION PROJECTS First Prize shared equally between:
Liyu Xu (China Alemu Mekonnen (Ethiopia) Paul Truong (Australia) Edwin Balbarino (Philippines) Joan Miller (Costa Rica) Department of Land Development (Thailand)
(second and third prizes not awarded)
CATEGORY 2. IMPROVEMENT OF EXTREME SOILS First Prize shared equally between: Zhang Jing (China) Paul Truong (Australia) Third Prize Ngwianmbi Simon (Second prize not awarded) CATEGORY 3. WATER MANAGEMENT
First Prize Jano Labat (Zimbabwe) P. A. Dalton, R. Smith and P. Truong (Australia) (
Third Prize shared equally between: Project CAP (Madagascar) Stang Consult (Zimbabwe) (Second prize not awarded) CATEGORY 4. POLLUTION CONTROL First prize: Paul Truong and Dennis Baker (Australia) Second Prize Xia Hanping and Ao Xuixui (China) (Third Prize not awarded)
CATEGORY 5. FARMERS SUPPORT PROJECT First Prize Kevin O’Sullivan (Mexico) Second Prize
NOBS (El Salvador) Third Prize shared equally between:
Zhang Jing (China) B.B. Ghaley and Karma Tenzin (Bhutan)
CATEGORY 6 DISASTER PREVENTION First Prize Diti Hengchaovanich (Thailand) Second Prize Xia Hanping and Ao Xuixui (China))
Third Prize Ngwainmbi Simon (Cameroon)
CATEGORY 7 BASIC SCIENCES First Prize Diti Hengchaovanich (Thailand) and N.S. Nilaweera (Malaysia) Second Prize shared between
Paul Truong (Australia) Robert Adams and Mark Dafforn
SPECIAL PRIZE FOR TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE J.Phiri (Malawi) Development of an improved "A" Frame for levelling
THESE AWARDS ARE FINAL.
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