This brief assesses the potential of a bottom-up, multifunctional landscape-based approach: the participatory Forest and Agricultural Land Use Planning and Management...

The Situation review of agro-ecology initiatives, stakeholders and networks in Lao PDR reports the information and data on the six most significant agro-ecological...

This report on situation review of agro ecological transition in Myanmar is the follow up feasibility study (Consultation workshop on agro ecology, held at Yangon, on 12 June...

The current report presented results from a study on agroecology stakeholder mapping and situation review in Cambodia conducted within the framework of AFD’s funded regional...

Vietnam's food retail sector is dominated by small traditional traders, but modern retail channels are expanding in response to growing consumer demand. Overall economic growth,...

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The Regional Vegetable Forum 2018 has been again initiated by the ACIAR project ASEM/2012/081 "Improving market engagement, postharvest management and productivity of the...

There is increasing evidence that warns that the growing push toward industrialization and globalization of the world’s agriculture and food supply imperils the future of...

The Mekong Sub-region is rapidly becoming a new frontier of economic growth in Southeast Asia due to its rich human and natural capital (ADB 2017). Its suitability for a wide...

This paper (published in Sustainability 2018, 10(4), 1214; https://doi.org/10.3390/su10041214) attempts to document and provide a mapping of the development of European...

The often unseen but disastrous consequences of chemical-intensive food and agricultural production are felt most by half of the world’s food producers and rural population:...

We need drastic change in the global food system in order to achieve a more sustainable agriculture that feeds people adequately, contribute to rural development and provide...

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...

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...

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

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...

Protected geographical indications are a relevant and effective tool to showcase the quality of these products, protect their names and reputations, and develop profitable...