While economic growth and food security in Vietnam’s Red River Delta are heavily reliant on agriculture, the intensive use of agricultural land has resulted in various negative...

This video presents beekeeping and honey production in Houaytan Village, Phoukoud District, Xiengkhouang Province, Lao PDR, highlighting their role in generating income. The...

This video highlights the importance of bio-compost and demonstrates how to make it, using an example from Yone Village, Paek District, Xiengkhouang Province. It explains the...

The direct seedling rice system, or rice broadcasting, involves sowing seeds directly into the field rather than transplanting seedlings. This method reduces labor, especially...

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...

The first organization to introduce the System Rice Intensification into Laos was Oxfam Australia, a non-governmental organization (NGO), which conducted the first SRI trials...

In 1996, the Government of Lao PDR acceded to United Nation International Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). In meeting the requirements of the convention, in 2004, the...

This Forestry Law determines the basic principles, regulations and measures on sustainable management, preservation, development, utilization and inspection of forest resources...

The National Poverty Eradication Programme (NPEP) has been renamed by the Government of the Lao PDR in order to avoid confusion with the 8 national programmes and to better...

Inle Lake situated in Southern Shan State is well known by local populace and foreign visitors for the natural beauty of the lake waters, surrounding mountain ranges, tomato...

This case study factsheet presents the Huaysorn-Huaysua Agriculture Development and Service Center in Vientiane, Laos. Established in 1995 through Lao–Thai cooperation, it...

As we are well aware, the cost of fish feed in current fish farming is relatively high, while the selling price of fish is often low. This has led many farmers to produce their...

This speech given on the 11th of March 2016, highlights China’s long tradition of ecological farming practices, such as rice–fish systems and crop rotation, and frames...

From Uniformity to Diversity presents the case for moving away from industrial agriculture—dominated by monocultures, chemical inputs, and concentration of power—towards...

Given the increasing scope and impacts of environmental pollution and food poisonings in Vietnam since its agricultural sector started with further intensification with more...

The government of Myanmar and the Netherlands intend to start a partnership programme in different agricultural sectors, including horticulture. In October 2014 the Director...

Considerable controversy continues to exist in scientific and policy circles about how to tackle issues of global hunger, malnutrition, and rural economic decline, as well as...

Farmers field schools (FFS), FAO's front-line innovation, are amongst its most fundamental field contributions to fulfill this commitment. FAO has been incubating, nurturing and...