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Farmers’ Voices

What do the farmers of Laos talk about when they get together? What are farmers saying about environment and rural livelihood? What do they consider to be their most valuable...

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Agriculture Development Strategy to 2025 and Vision to the year 2030

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

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Case Studies of Rural Development and Clean Agriculture in Lao PDR

The study examines the kind of actors and resources that empower small-scale farmers to promote sustainable agriculture. It also analyzes the reasons given by farmers who...

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Lao National Agro-Ecology Programme PRONAE PCADR / Development and...

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...

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UPDATE STUDY ON AGRARIAN CHANGES AND THE STATUS OF CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE...

Between 2001 and 2009, the four districts of Boten, Kenthao, Paklay and Thongmixay in southern Sayaboury Province have been targeted by two AFD-funded projects dealing with...

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AGRARIAN CHANGES IN SOUTHERN SAYABOURY PROVINCE 2005-2014 AND THE STATUS OF...

This report aims at providing up-to-date information and analysis on the recent socioeconomic and agricultural changes and the current status of Conservation Agriculture (CA) in...

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Status of Community Based Forest Management in Lao PDR

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...

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Institutionalizing Agroforestry as a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy...

Several studies and literature have indicated the relevance of agroforestry as one of the climate change adaptation strategies of the agriculture sector, particularly those in...

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Agroforestry and livelihoods in Lao PDR Case studies in Napo and Haitai...

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,...

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Exploration of teak agroforestry systems in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR

The accumulated smallholder teak woodlots in Luang Prabang comprise a significant forest resource, comprising 60% of the approx. 25,000 ha of teak plantation in this region of...

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Rubber Development in the Lao PDREnsuring Sustainability

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...

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Intensifying upland rice Systems with Stick lac Production in Northern Lao PDR

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,...

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Food and Nutrition Security ATLAS of Lao PDR

The Atlas on Food and Nutrition Security in Lao PDR is based on a conceptual framework developed by WFP/VAM. The framework allows for a comprehensive analysis of food and...

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Adoption of Agroforestry in Mai District, Phongsaly Province - Lao PDR

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...

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Lao's Organic Agriculture2012 Update

The document summarizes the update reports and documents on organic agriculture in Laos. It also consists of results from interview and discussion, comments, suggestions from...