Chinese agriculture currently faces major environmental challenges. China’s applications of fertilizers and pesticides are among the highest in the world, which in turn has...

Hunger is not primarily a problem of overall supply of food, but rather of poverty, lack of democracy and unequal access to land, water and other resources, especially for...

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

Since the development of the farmer field school (FFS) approach in the late 80s in Asia, thousands of FFS have since been implemented across the world, in over 90 countries and...

Chinese agriculture currently faces major challenges. China’s use of fertilisers and pesticides is among the highest in the world. Soil erosion and soil pollution are...

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...

Referred to in Agriculture Law No.1/98 LNA, dated 10 October 1998;- Referred to in Prime Minister CB (DOA) No.89/PMO, dated 22 June 1999 on the Organization and Role of Ministry...

Sectoral Vision and Aims: Ensuring food security, producing comparative and competitive agricultural commodities, developing clean, safe and sustainable agriculture and shift...

DECREE of the PRESIDENT of the LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC on the promulgation of the Law on Agriculture

Over the past decade, efforts have been made to promote conservation agriculture as an ecologically sound alternative to tillage-based agriculture in the Lao People’s Democratic...

Community involvement in forest management was (first) introduced in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) in 1989 when the First National Forestry Conference declared...

Shifting cultivation is the most common agricultural practice among farmers in the northern uplands of the Lao PDR. Alongside this agricultural practice many types of indigenous...

In the north of Lao PDR people live close to the nature and their main activity is growing rice. Shifting cultivation is the dominating practice and upland rice is the...

Overview of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Display for the ASEAN Rubber Conference Lao PDR is experiencing a rapid expansion of rubber cultivation. Industry experts...

This study entitled Profiles of People’s Organizations in Asia under the auspices of AsiaDHRRA and Agriterra covered seven countriesIndonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia,...

Organic agriculture is often promoted as a possible route for farmers in the global south to follow in the quest for greater agricultural sustainability. By allowing farmers...

The Farmer Field School is a form of adult education, which evolved from the concept that farmers learn optimally from field observation and experimentation. It was developed to...

Introduction to Direct seeding Mulch-based Cropping systems (DMC). Case study of adaptive research for the creation of DMC-based cropping systems for the Cambodian agriculture...

Factors that influence the adoption of agroforestry were investigated by conducting semi-structured interviews with men, women, and leader groups in eight target villages, Mai...

This document is to provide the framework to guide the coordination and implementation of adaptation initiatives through a participatory approach, and to build synergies with...