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CHU THAI HOANH
Principal Researcher - Water Resources
IWMI South East Asia - Laos
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Chu Thai Hoanh has 30 years of experience in research and management with wide and varied subjects in GIS and modeling for agriculture and water management, including hydraulic modeling, crop modeling, optimization and supply-demand analysis.
In the early 70’s he was the chief hydrologist in charge of hydrological measurement and analysis for the Mekong River Delta, Vietnam. During 1976 - 1996, he was in charge of hydrological measurement, water modeling, remote sensing applications for water resources planning and management in the South Vietnam. He was also a lecturer on remote sensing at the University of Ho Chi Minh City during 1987-1989.
He joined the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in 1997 for research in GIS and water modeling for rice and shrimp production in the coastal area, crop modelling and socio-economic analysis for regional and national balancing of rice supply and demand, and developing optimization model for land use planning with many case studies in India, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. In 2001, he was awarded a medal by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam in recognition of his contributions to Agriculture and Rural Development.
From May 2002 he was joint-appointed by IRRI and IWMI as International Research Fellow to continue the GIS water modelling studies and from May 2003 he is Senior Water Resources Specialist at IWMI.
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