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Reducing Risks and Diversifying Income with Banana – Coffee – Legumes Multi-cropping
In Xiengkhouang, declining maize yields due to soil depletion combined with rising production costs are pushing smallholder farmers to shift to new crops. Many farmers are... -
Rubber Development in the Lao PDR: Ensuring Sustainability
A collection of posters on developing a sustainable rubber industry in Lao -
Agroecology, through and beyond markets : The case of Khao Kai Noi rice in...
In Xieng Khouang (XKH), farmers grow Khao Kai Noi (KKN) rice for self-consumption and surplus are mainly sold at local markets. The KKN-based farming system exhibits a range of... -
Boosting the demand for organic products: The role of consumer trust and...
A brief overview of how to boost the demand for organic products through consumer trust and product availability. -
Strengthening Soil Health Monitoring in Laos: A Pathway to Sustainable Food Security
Soil is involved in 13 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) In Laos, there are worrying signs of widespread soil degradation threatening national food security. Yet,... -
Agroecology Dialogue: A Driving Force for Food Systems Transformation in Laos
The Lao Government recognizes sustainable food systems as central to national development goals. Agroecology policy and practice are the “head and hands” of sustainable food... -
Linking agroecological transition to sustainable food systems at territorial...
This policy brief aims first to characterize the challenges related to the sustainability of the territorial food system in Xiengkhouang Province, and then to examine potential... -
Linking Agroecological Transition to Sustainable Food Systems at Territorial...
Food system in Xiengkhouang province relies mainly on subsistence agriculture. Families mainly eat what they grow, and complete their diet with some wild food. The rapid shift... -
Producing Cucumber Seeds
This June 2025 technical leaflet presents BanSuaneAiOun Organic Farm’s method for producing organic cucumber seeds. It explains how on-farm seed production reduces costs,... -
National Research for Development Forum on Pathway foe Sustainable...
Abstract of the proceeding of the National Research for Development Forum on Pathway foe Sustainable Development in Lao PDR (17-18/12/2014, NUoL) -
Shade-grown coffee production
This video showcases the shade-grown coffee production process on a farm in a Lao village in Kham District, Xiengkhouang Province, Lao PDR. It explains how this method supports... -
Integrated Organic Farming
The video presents an organic integrated farm 'Souan Ai Aoun Farm' located in the Natha Village, Chomphet District, Luang Prabang Province, Lao PDR. The farm combines various... -
Recipe For Sweet Potato Chips Using A Solar Dome
This recipe focuses on transforming sweet potatoes into crispy chips, providing farmers with a simple method to reduce food waste and create a value-added product. This approach... -
Atlas of Agriculture in the Lao PDR Patterns and trends between 1999 and 2011
This new atlas was co-developed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) and the Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) of the University of Bern. It combines... -
Consultation and Feedback Workshop on "Lao Agro-Biodiversity Information and...
Workshop report for Consultation and Feedback Workshop on "Lao Agro-Biodiversity Information and Knowledge Sharing Platform" Development, August 23, 2017, at the NAFRI Meeting Hall -
Minutes of Lao Bamboo, Rattan Platform workshop, 15th and 16th June 2016...
A Lao Bamboo, Rattan Platform workshop addressing the development of the bamboo and rattan sector in Lao PDR was held on the 15th and 16th of June 2016 in Vientiane capital, Lao... -
Proceedings of the National Thematic Workshop on "What performance...
Agro-ecological approaches are seen as convincing and evidence-based alternatives towards sustainable agriculture. They clearly aim at strengthening innovation capacity of... -
Proceedings National Thematic Workshop What performance indicators for...
Proceedings National Thematic Workshop, 29th November 2016, at LANITH, Vientiane, Laos. This 1st thematic workshop was instrumental in initiating a collective and multi... -
Lao Forest Honeya unique local product supporting forest conservation and...
Summary Report National Workshop on Lao Forest Honey: a unique local product supporting forest conservation and local development€ -
The Lao Uplands Sourcebook, Improving livelihoods in the Uplands of Lao PDR,...
The Lao Uplands Sourcebook was developed in order to provide field level extension workers, educators and students better access to the wealth of information and experiences in...
Agroecology Library
Our repository of literature on agroecology on Southeast Asia includes more than 750 documents.