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2) Dissemination of output/results (examples of dissemination: papers + articles;
policy briefs; policy workshops; scientific conferences and workshops; website)
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The project website www.searusyn.org provides all research findings and project
reports.
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Meetings with various stakeholders have been held for triple purposes: dissemi-
nation of project findings, indirect communication between representatives of
different policy fields and collecting additional information for research purposes.
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Policy workshops in both Hanoi and Nanjing (November 2005).
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Round table meetings on various aspects in Hanoi and Nanjing (March/April 2006).
3) Have your results been used, and if yes by whom, where and how?
Apart from the project partners and stakeholders, the results have not been used
directly, but the planners and policymakers in both Hanoi and Nanjing considered
to use the participatory project approach to explore integrated solutions trough
scenarios in an interactive process in pilot projects, in China for instance in the
frame of the 'New Socialist Rural Area Campaign', which started at the end of 2006.
F) Lessons learned
What lessons have you learned from science, policy-oriented and capacity building
activities that could improve:
1) Future research on Rural Development and Sustainable Agriculture
An integrated, multi-disciplined approach is crucial to analysing sustainable land use
issues in peri-urban areas. The problems in these regions are multi-dimensional and
technical solutions should always be combined with an analysis of the socio-
economic and institutional settings and conditions. Active participation of the major
stakeholders, including policymakers, in RDSA projects is recommended in order to
gain the commitment required to turn research results into actions. Besides, involving
stakeholders in a research project will also help to get a better, richer understanding
of the present circumstances and developments in peri-urban areas. It enables
researchers to include different viewpoints in their research results (from farmers to
policymakers at different levels and private companies as well).
2) The role of research in generating policy-relevant information in support of LNV
and other policy institutions
Research questions should closely be aligned to the priorities and interests of policy-
makers. However, RDSA research has a long-term orientation, which does not always
answer specific, short term policy questions but is valuable for long term policy
development.
Through the project, both academic and policy making staff of various institutions
in the two cities became more aware of the ways problems of the dynamic rural-urban
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