Agro-forestry is a collective name for land-use systems and technologies where woody perennials (trees, shrubs, palms, bamboos, etc.) are deliberately used on the same land-management units as agricultural crops and/or animals, in some form of spatial arrangement or temporal sequence. Agro-forestry is a dynamic, ecologically-based, natural resource management practice that,…
Conservation Agriculture (CA) is an agro-ecosystems management approach aimed at improving and sustaining agricultural productivity, increasing profits and food security while preserving and enhancing the resource base and the environment. CA is characterised by three interrelated principles.
Integrated agriculture provides high quality food and other products by using natural resources and regulating mechanisms rather than polluting chemical inputs to secure sustainable farming. The agronomic techniques and biological / physical / chemical methods are carefully selected and balanced taking into account the health of people (i.e. farmers and…
This section addresses integrated farming approaches that have been promoted as alternatives to Green Revolution agriculture since the 1990s for self-sufficient farming. The New Theory farming system in Thailand and the VAC system in Vietnam (VAC in Vietnamese is Vuon, Ao, Chuong which means “garden/pond/ livestock pen”) consist in highly…
Organic agriculture aims at sustaining the health of soils, ecosystems and people. It relies on ecological processes, biodiversity and natural cycles adapted to local conditions, rather than the use of chemical inputs with potentially adverse effects. Organic agriculture combines tradition, innovation and science to benefit the shared environment and promote…
The System of Rice Intensification, known as SRI is an agro-ecological approach for increasing rice productivity (and more recently other crops) by changing the management of plants, soil, water and nutrients.
ALiSEA Online Library contains a wide range of agro-ecology’s documents: backgrounds, case Studies and initiatives fact sheets, presentations, policy documents, toolkits and IEC Materials. All documents are searchable via their Agro-ecological School(s), country, or type. Access now.
AGRISUD International (AGRISUD), French Non-Profit and Non-Governmental Organization partners with Green Community Development Association (GCDA), a Lao Non-Profit Association (NPA) to implement a project – Forestry and Agro-ecology in Lao Rural Uplands Phase 2 (FORAE 2) in Viengkham District, Luang Prabang Province. The project’s specific objective is to “strengthen the agrienvironmental and socio-economic dynamics brought by the actors of the territories in order to promote a sustainable family farming”. We are urgently looking for a qualified staff member to be based full-time in Viengkham district, Luang Prabang Province. Agronomist’s main responsibilities: Participate in the identification of sustainable agricultural practices to promote, value-chains to strengthen and production systems to improve, in a participatory way; Participate in the capacity building of DAFO (District Agriculture and Forestry Office) staff in agricultural practices and training methodology; Contribute to the development of training modules, protocols for agriculture; Contribute to the development of communication and training tools for agriculture practices; Support the set-up and follow-up of farmer groups on specific value-chains; Follow-up the field activities implemented by the DAFO technicians, advice and report on the activity implementation; and Support the set-up and the implementation of a Monitoring and Evaluation system on the agricultural component of the […]
BACKGROUND The consumer day is designed to engage consumers in the chain of vegetable production from the farm to table by taking into account the practices of Ecofarm Group. This event is based on few specific objectives: Raising consumers awareness on safe vegetable production and local food availability Introducing safety and quality assurance system-PGS which had been adapted by Ecofarm group to certify their products Reducing the gap between consumers and producers by creating communication platform that enhance short supply chain for safe vegetables The consumer day had been organized 2 times. The first one was on 26/01/2019, and the second event was on 05/05/2019. The event took place from 8:00am to 3:00pm at the village of Koukreussey Chheung and Chrey Chheung village, Sotrnikum district. 26/01/2019: There were 46 people attended in this event in which 27 of them are consumers, 2 of them are local authority, and 17 people are member of Ecofarm who passed the safe vegetable certification. 05/05/2019: There were 59 people attended in this event in which 32 of them are consumers, 3 are local authority, and 24 are farmers. To attend this event, consumers were encouraged to register their participation here Which was announced on […]
To feed the world, we need to bring technology and small farms closer together! (Wim Hoogedeure, EY Partner) EY, USDA, Winrock, GAIA Vita and Bureau Veritas has been organized the event on the Agri-Business Conference Laos 2019 at the rooftop of Kolao Building on 25 June 2019. How can we harness all the new technology available today to help build a better working world for an often overlooked, possibly even neglected, sector: Agriculture. Today, many farmers in Laos exist on or are near the poverty line. Farms are going out of business every day. Yet, with a booming population, they are mouths to feed (6.8 millions counted in 2017) than ever. We need farmers, and we need them to be more productive than ever, on a finite amount of land. We believe markets, compliance, technologies and biofertilizers could help solve these challenges. Let us give some examples of how this might work with the Agri-Business Conference Laos 2019. This event gathers the key foreign agriculture investors to meet international speakers representing the key leverages that can change the Agriculture Laos Industry. The below speakers will go through the best practices that will enhance the business of producing, transforming and exporting agri-products […]
