Shifting cultivation is the most common agricultural practice among farmers in the northern uplands of the Lao PDR. Alongside this agricultural practice many types of indigenous...

This Policy Brief is an output of the Sub Sector Working Group for Farmers and Agribusiness (SSWG-FAB). Data collection and analysis was supported by the Lao Upland Rural...

In many countries with large tracts of tropical forest. There is a dual focus on enhancing forest protection and increasing commercial agricultural for economic development....

In the Padma floodplain of Bangladesh, the traditional system of agriculture has become unsustainable due to high population growth. Mango-based agroforestry which has been...

Swidden cultivation can contribute to deforestation and land degradation, which can subsequently result in a number of serious environmental problems. This paper examines the...

This report argues that Asian countries are at a crossroads in their agriculture strategies. Before them are two farming models: „conventional‟, industrial farming, promoted by...

Biodiversity Conservation in Rice Paddies in ChinaToward Ecological SustainabilityThis paper describes the current situation of rice paddy biodiversity in China and analyzes the...

Presentation of FIRST project. The project will contribute to the capacity building of young researchers and practitioners in Laos and Cambodia. Project activities will bring...

Over the past decade, efforts have been made to promote conservation agriculture as an ecologically sound alternative to tillage-based agriculture in the Lao People’s Democratic...

"Agroecology is the answer to how to transform and repair our material reality in a food system and rural world that has been devastated by industrial food production and its...

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥? Weaver ants are considered farmers’ friends as they protect crops like cashews from pests. Introducing weaver ants is just...

The negative effects of industrial agriculture have long been clear, and agroecology offers a multitude of solutions for the fundamental transformation of the agri-food system....

In 2010, the Centre for Agroecology and Food Security (CAFS) was established to undertake applied research and education on agroecology as the underlying paradigm of sustainable...

Video này, do SPERI sản xuất, giới thiệu những nỗ lực của người dân tộc H're và xã Po E, tỉnh Kon Tum, Việt Nam, trong quá trình chuyển đổi sang nông nghiệp sinh thái. Được hỗ...

Gặp gỡ cô Đoàn Thị Phượng đến từ xã Hải Xuân, huyện Hải Hậu, tỉnh Nam Định — một người tiên phong đầy đam mê trên hành trình “trở về với tự nhiên.” Với sự can đảm và kiên định,...

Video này chia sẻ những thực hành tốt và bài học kinh nghiệm từ dự án “Tăng cường năng lực cộng đồng trong giám sát việc sử dụng thuốc bảo vệ thực vật và thúc đẩy nông nghiệp...

This manual is intended to help rural advisory and agricultural extension workers guide farming communities in the establishment of agroforestry practices in rice-production...

This manual provides step by step explanation on how facilitators should train farmers in vegetable production by using the Farmer Field School methodology. Furthermore, gender...

Climate change is one of the most important challenges to sustainable development in the Northern mountainous region of Vietnam. Indigeneous Knowledge is also used in...

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...