Under the project, AARM will play a coordinating role and serve as the lead partner. Other collaborating partners include, the University of Stirling, UK; Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal; Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS), Chitwan Nepal; Royal University of Agriculture (RUA), Phnom Penh, Cambodia; Research Institute for Aquaculture (RIA) No. 1, Hanoi, Vietnam; and University of Agriculture and Forestry (UAF), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
The total budget for the project is 959,157 Euro (approximately 45.7 million Baht) including partner contributions. Over the three year period of the project two lecturers from the Asian partner institutions will be provided with scholarships to pursue their doctoral studies at AIT. The project will also fund the field research for about 40 M.Sc. students to be conducted in their respective home countries. In addition, around eight European students will have the opportunity to come and work in Asia and receive real field experience, which could form part of their thesis work or credits for community work depending upon their university requirements.