SRI in Laos

The first organization to introduce SRI into Laos was Oxfam Australia, a non-governmental organization (NGO), which conducted the first SRI trials during the rainy season of 2001. The Lao National Agriculture Research Center (NARC), under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), however, conducted its own trials during the dry season of 2001/02 and the rainy season 2002 and concluded that the likelihood of disseminating SRI throughout Laos is extremely slim.€ As a result of this verdict, the spread of SRI within Laos was, thereafter, limited to a very small amount of progress attributable to the support of several international NGOs.

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Title SRI in Laos
Description The first organization to introduce SRI into Laos was Oxfam Australia, a non-governmental organization (NGO), which conducted the first SRI trials during the rainy season of 2001. The Lao National Agriculture Research Center (NARC), under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), however, conducted its own trials during the dry season of 2001/02 and the rainy season 2002 and concluded that the likelihood of disseminating SRI throughout Laos is extremely slim.€ As a result of this verdict, the spread of SRI within Laos was, thereafter, limited to a very small amount of progress attributable to the support of several international NGOs.
Agroecology Category
  • Integrated systems
  • Input reduction and recycling
  • Seed management
  • Soil health
  • Economy and income
  • Sustainable food system
  • Water management
  • Supportive policies
  • Knowledge and values
Agroecology Keyword
  • System of rice intensification
  • Compost
  • Rice variety
  • Soil fertility
  • Income
  • Food security
  • Water management
  • Extension system
  • Heritage
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Author  Kazuyuki SHIMAZAKI (Translation from Japanese book Rice Farming Revolution by SRI published by J-SRI in Sept. 211)
Year 2011
Type of document Factsheet
Language English
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Country Lao PDR
Administrative Level 1
Administrative Level 2
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