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Agroecological Nutrient Management Strategy for Attaining Sustainable Rice...
Rice self-sufficiency is central to Indonesia’s agricultural development, but the country is increasingly challenged by population growth, climate change, and arable land... -
Participatory Rice Varieties Evaluation: Empowering Farmers Through...
Key Questions Explored: - Main criteria for new rice varieties - How to use and multiply varieties - Adaptation to current farming systems -
Alternate wetting and drying period (AWD) pilot. Kanghot irrigated...
Rice is a daily staple food for more than half of the world’s population but is also a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions. Rice paddies account for ~48% of... -
A dataset for soil organic carbon in agricultural systems for the Southeast...
The determination of changes in soil organic carbon (SOC) content under different cropping systems is necessary for policy development oriented towards soil conservation, C... -
Increase Productivity in Paddy Rice Field: Integrating Cover Crop,...
Integrating paddy rice cultivation, duck raising, and dry-season cropping is an effective approach to sustainable farming. It increases rice yields through natural... -
Crop–livestock integration, intensification and specialization: what...
Vietnam’s Highlands are at a turning point in their agricultural transformation. Crop-Livestock Integration (CLI), a central pivot of its low-input family farms, is subject to... -
Technical Guide: Cow Fattening
Cattle fattening leads to rapid growth and a shorter rearing period to be slaughtered than conventional raising (4-6 months) by providing high-quality feed in abundance. It... -
Challenges for the Institutionalization of Agroecology in the Lao PDR
-Agroecology has gained greater political recognition through the Lao facilitated Initiative on Agroecology for ASEAN (LICA) -The policy framework supporting agroecological... -
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... -
A Technical Guide : Rice-Duck System, reducing chemicals and increasing income
The technical leaflet introduces the rice–duck system, an agroecological practice that reduces chemical use by allowing ducks to control pests and weeds while naturally... -
A Technical Guide : Reducing Risks and Diversifying Income with Banana –...
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... -
A Technical Guide : Choosing the Right Trees to Boost Ecosystem Services in...
Shade trees are key partners for tea producers when well managed. Keeping tea plants 3–6 meters from shade trees gives the best mix of yield, soil protection, and good tea... -
Service-Smart Shade Trees: Choosing Species & Spacing for Tea Producers in...
This research brief reveals how smart shade design can make Lao tea farms more productive and resilient. Across nine plots in Xieng Khouang, results show that trees shape... -
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,... -
A Technical Guide : Propagating & Integrating Gliricidia Sepium in...
Gliricidia sepium is a fast-growing, nitrogenfixing leguminous tree, highly valued for its adaptability in Northern Laos. It could serve as a resilient live fence, or intercrop,... -
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... -
Nutrition Goes to School
The course aims to provide a principles and practical skills and knowledge on Nutrition sensitive agroecology to teachers, students and extension workers in schools. Enhance the... -
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... -
Crop–livestock Integration, Intensification and Specialization: What...
Vietnam’s Highlands are at a turning point in their agricultural transformation. Crop-Livestock Integration (CLI), a central pivot of its low-input family farms, is subject to... -
Improving Food Safety in Traditional Markets: a Risk-based Approach for...
Poor food safety hinders economic development and widens health inequalities. Traditional markets in Vietnam drive 40% of food‑borne illness. Without swift and coordinated... -
Microbial Risk Assessment for Food Safety - E-learning
The course aims to provide a principle of microbial risk assessment for food safety so that students can understand the levels and steps of risk assessment link to different... -
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,... -
Integrated Rice and Fish Farming, Step-by-Step Guide
This June 2025 technical leaflet from Rural Development Association (RDA) in Laos is a step-by-step guide to integrated rice–fish farming, explaining how to prepare fields,... -
Biofertilizer production techniques in Xiengkhouang Province, Laos
The resource explains biofertilizer production in Yone village, Xiengkhouang Province, based on farmer experience. It highlights compost as a key input for soil health,... -
Recipe for Carnivorous / Herbivorous Fish Feed
As we are well aware, the cost of fish feed in current fish farming is relatively high, while the selling price of fish is often low. This has led many farmers to produce their... -
Sticklac as an Alternative Commodity in Trongpang Village
This video highlights the high potential of sticklac as an alternative commodity for rural areas, featuring Trongpang Village, Xay District, Oudomxay Province, Lao PDR. It... -
ASSET in Vietnam- Booklet
This booklet highlights the activities related to the ASSET project in Vietnam. -
ASSET in Cambodia - Booklet
This booklet highlights the activities related to the ASSET project in Cambodia. -
ASSET in Laos - Booklet
This booklet highlights the activities related to the ASSET project in Lao PDR. -
How to measure agroecology? A rapid appraisal approach based on focus group...
This study presents an approach to assess agroecology at village level through focus group discussions with village committees and district extension agents. This approach is... -
Direct Seedling Rice System
The direct seedling rice system, or rice broadcasting, involves sowing seeds directly into the field rather than transplanting seedlings. This method reduces labor, especially... -
How to Make Bio-Compost with Local Materials
This video highlights the importance of bio-compost and demonstrates how to make it, using an example from Yone Village, Paek District, Xiengkhouang Province. It explains the... -
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... -
How to Overcome Soil Degradation : example of the Nonglae Village, Lao PDR
Soil degradation, often caused by poor agricultural practices, can lead to a decline in crop yields. Traditionally, when yields dropped, farmers would leave fields fallow for at... -
Integrated Tea Production System
Integrated tea production refers to combining tea cultivation with other crops or livestock to maximize land use and improve sustainability. For example, planting pigeon peas... -
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... -
Buffalo Benefits in Rice Cultivation
This video shows how buffalo help maintain soil nutrients and support aquatic biodiversity within the rice farming system. Using the example of Phonevieng Village, Vang Vieng... -
Beekeeping and Honey Production in Houaytan Village
This video presents beekeeping and honey production in Houaytan Village, Phoukoud District, Xiengkhouang Province, Lao PDR, highlighting their role in generating income. The... -
Fish Holes and Paddy Rice Farming: A Traditional and Agroecological Practice
This video presents the fish holes technique, a technique that enhances biodiversity and supports food security for smallholder farmers in Doneseur Village, Sanamxay District,... -
Bio-Pesticides: Why and How to Produce It – The Yone Village Example
This video explains how and why to produce bio-pesticides at home, using Yone Village, Paek District, Xiengkhouang Province, Lao PDR as an example. It highlights the important... -
Peanut Production After Rice Harvest: Benefits and Practices
This video presents why and how to plant peanuts after rice harvesting, using a farm localized in Nadou Village, Kham District, Xiengkhouang Province, Lao PDR as an example.... -
Making silage from green raw fodder material
Making silage is a method of preserving and storing green feed through anaerobic fermentation (without oxygen). Silage can be made from a diversity of forage materials and... -
Climate change impacts on tree crop suitability in Southeast Asia
Cultivation of tree crops such as coconut, oil palm and rubber are an important source of income in Southeast Asia, both for the national economies and for the local population.... -
Agroecology : Making Ecosystem-based Adaptation Work in Agricultural Landscapes
The aim of this report is to encourage the agriculture and climate communities to find common, integrated, and systemic responses to one of the most urgent questions for... -
Methodological guidelines for a rapid appraisal of agricultural innovation...
The agricultural innovation system (AIS) is an approach that considers agricultural innovation from a multidisciplinary perspective. The Rapid Appraisal of Agricultural... -
Agroecology in Large Scale Farming—A Research Agenda
Agroecology promises a third way between common global agriculture tradeoffs such as food production and nature conservation, environmental sustainability and ecosystem... -
Assessing Transitions to Sustainable Agricultural and Food Systems: A Tool...
There is increasing interest in agroecology as a way to move toward more sustainable agriculture and food systems. However, the evidence of agroecology's contribution to... -
Who profits from agroecology to secure food and nutrition? On access of...
In contrast to a large body of literature linking agroecology to food security through sustainable agronomic practices, research on how agroecology enhances smallholder farmers’... -
Regenerative agriculture—agroecology without politics?
Regenerative agriculture is gaining momentum worldwide among practitioners, scientists and policy makers, and it is often associated with agroecology. Indeed, regenerative... -
Seeds for Diversity and Inclusion
This open access book will contribute to a more nuanced debate around seed system resilience that goes beyond the dominant dichotomous conceptualization of seed governance often...