Decree of the President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on the Promulgation of the Law on Agriculture, Lao PDR, 1998

The Law on Agriculture has the function of establishing principles, rules, and measures regarding the organization and activities of agricultural production which is the basis of the country's economy, including management and preservation of agricultural activities and production to encourage, promote, and expand agricultural production to guarantee the food supply and to guarantee commodity production, to create favorable conditions for building and expanding agro-industrial processing, to contribute to national economic growth, to make people wealthy, to strengthen the nation, and to prevent damage and danger to the environment.

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Title Decree of the President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on the Promulgation of the Law on Agriculture, Lao PDR, 1998
Description The Law on Agriculture has the function of establishing principles, rules, and measures regarding the organization and activities of agricultural production which is the basis of the country's economy, including management and preservation of agricultural activities and production to encourage, promote, and expand agricultural production to guarantee the food supply and to guarantee commodity production, to create favorable conditions for building and expanding agro-industrial processing, to contribute to national economic growth, to make people wealthy, to strengthen the nation, and to prevent damage and danger to the environment.
Agroecology Category
  • Nutrition and diets
  • Biodiversity
  • Climate
  • Collaboration
Agroecology Keyword
  • Nutrient
  • Environmental protection
  • Drought
  • Cooperative
Contributing organisations Lao PDR
Author Lao PDR
Year 1998
Type of document Legal Document
Language English
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Country Lao PDR
Administrative Level 1
Administrative Level 2
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