Farming is changing throughout Laos, with traditional slash-and-burn giving way to more modern agricultural methods in many areas. In southern Xayabury for example, traditional...

A field survey has been conducted to find out information on livelihood and agroforestry of the study area. The study was carried out in two villages of Sangthong District viz,...

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...

The Lao Peoples’ Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) is a land-link country with a total area of 236,800 km2 and a population of 6.5 million. The country is located in Southeast Asia,...

agroecology, agroecosystem, agronomy, biodiversity, organic farming, rural development, sustainability

Perception, sustainable agriculture, upland farmers

Adverse effects of highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) on people and the environment have been a global concern for many years. In 2006, this was clearly expressed by the FAO...

The study finds out the requirement of chemical fertilisers and suggests the role of organic fertilisers for sustainable rice production based upon projection of rice...

Although it is believed, as in all other countries in the world, Vietnamese farmers were growing crops organically hundred years ago, organic farming according to the...

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...

In Mekong€ countries (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, , the agricultural sector provides the livelihood for a greater share of the population than its share part of the GDP....

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...

The royal government of Cambodia recognizes the important of integration of low carbon development initiative into national and sub-national sustainable development plan.

This document is to provide the supporting framework for environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive development and growth in Cambodia.

The objective of this document is to state the product specification of the Protected Geographical Indication.

This textbook shows the definition of agro ecology, some successful case studies in agro ecology practicing in India. In addition, it presents the challenges and recommendations...

This document views the concept of agro ecology, benefits of agro ecology in multiple areas, and recommendations for new investment and support to scale up smallholder focused...

This study describes the organic farming systems and identify why some farmers success while others are none-success of organic vegetable farming in None tae village, Xaythani...