Key Questions Explored: - Main criteria for new rice varieties - How to use and multiply varieties - Adaptation to current farming systems

Integrating paddy rice cultivation, duck raising, and dry-season cropping is an effective approach to sustainable farming. It increases rice yields through natural...

Vietnam’s Highlands are at a turning point in their agricultural transformation. Crop-Livestock Integration (CLI), a central pivot of its low-input family farms, is subject to...

The technical leaflet introduces the rice–duck system, an agroecological practice that reduces chemical use by allowing ducks to control pests and weeds while naturally...

Gliricidia sepium is a fast-growing, nitrogenfixing leguminous tree, highly valued for its adaptability in Northern Laos. It could serve as a resilient live fence, or intercrop,...

In the Mekong Region, agroecological approaches provide a niche alternative to the dominant traditional or intensive farming systems. We conducted a synthesis of current...

Vietnam’s Highlands are at a turning point in their agricultural transformation. Crop-Livestock Integration (CLI), a central pivot of its low-input family farms, is subject to...

This June 2025 technical leaflet from Rural Development Association (RDA) in Laos is a step-by-step guide to integrated rice–fish farming, explaining how to prepare fields,...

The resource explains biofertilizer production in Yone village, Xiengkhouang Province, based on farmer experience. It highlights compost as a key input for soil health,...

This video highlights the high potential of sticklac as an alternative commodity for rural areas, featuring Trongpang Village, Xay District, Oudomxay Province, Lao PDR. It...

Abstract of the proceeding of the National Research for Development Forum on Pathway foe Sustainable Development in Lao PDR (17-18/12/2014, NUoL)

This video showcases the shade-grown coffee production process on a farm in a Lao village in Kham District, Xiengkhouang Province, Lao PDR. It explains how this method supports...

Integrated tea production refers to combining tea cultivation with other crops or livestock to maximize land use and improve sustainability. For example, planting pigeon peas...

The video presents an organic integrated farm 'Souan Ai Aoun Farm' located in the Natha Village, Chomphet District, Luang Prabang Province, Lao PDR. The farm combines various...

This video shows how buffalo help maintain soil nutrients and support aquatic biodiversity within the rice farming system. Using the example of Phonevieng Village, Vang Vieng...

This video presents the fish holes technique, a technique that enhances biodiversity and supports food security for smallholder farmers in Doneseur Village, Sanamxay District,...

This research brief outlines the steps to shift from intensive maize monocropping to multi-species systems through the integration of perennial crops (coffee, banana..). The...

This research brief presents the results of a study performed between 2023 and 2025 in Xieng Khouang province, Lao PDR and which aimed to i) describe the diversity of Phousan...

Due to heavy impacts of climate change, Vietnam in general, and the, Northwest region in particular, have witnessed numerous extreme, weather phenomena in recent years....

A technical guide for composting composting animal waste and agricultural by-products. Composting manure with biological products is the process of decomposing animal and plant...