Lao Farmer Network Event 2020, LAO PDR

When: 18-20 March 2020, Where: The Lao-Korea Rural Development Training Centre (LKRDTC), DETAP, Vientiane capital Background Lao Farmer Network is a national organization of farmers organizations established in 2014 by farmers for the benefit of smallholder farmers across the country. Currently, the network has 53 farmer organizations from 13 provinces with over 4,000 farmers who produce […]

Project Manager for Connecting for Nutrition (C4N) Project, Lao PDR

HELVETAS Laos is a development organization operating in Laos since 2001. Our vision is a just world in which all men and women determine the course of their lives in dignity and security, using environmental resources in a sustainable manner. Job title: Project Manager for Connecting for Nutrition (C4N) Project Location: In Viengphoukha district, Luang […]

MANAGER OF A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE (COMMUNITY SUSTAINABLE ECOTOURISM FARM), Lao PDR

OVERVIEW OF ASSOCIATION ANOULAK Association Anoulak (conservation in Lao language) is a French-registered association (registered in September 2014) dedicated to the long-term conservation and study of wildlife in their natural habitats in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR or Laos), in particular in the Nakai-Nam Theun National Protected Area (NNT NPA), where we collaborate with the Nam Theun […]

Videos – EFICAS Project

About EFICAS Landscape Management and Conservation Agriculture Development for Eco-Friendly Intensification and Climate Resilient Agricultural Systems in Lao PDR (EFICAS project) The EFICAS Project aims at developing innovative methods and intervention approaches to support farmers’ adoption of climate smart agricultural systems based on conservation agriculture. Over the past decades a large range of technical options […]

IKI Small Grants “Capacity Building and Finance for National and Local Action on Climate and Biodiversity”

Funding Information The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) has commissioned the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH to carry out international calls for small scale projects. This small grants scheme is part of the BMU’s International Climate Initiative (IKI). First call for project proposals: Objectives, procedures, and […]

EDUCATION FOR RIGHT LIVELIHOOD CONNECTING ACTIVISM AND ACADEMIA, 21 February, 2020, Thailand

As the Right Livelihood Award is approaching its 40th Anniversary and the Right Livelihood College is celebrating 10 years, our common global challenges are becoming increasingly acute and tangible when it comes to for example the climate crisis, authoritarian governance, the continuous threat of violent conflict including the use of nuclear weapons and growing inequality between […]

Regional Dialogue Workshop on Green and Sustainable Agriculture

(KPL) Green and sustainable development initiatives and policies enabling the positive transformation of agricultural production systems were shared at a regional workshop on green and sustainable agriculture held on Jan 21-22 in Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR. The workshop, supported by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and FAO, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry’s Department of Policy […]

MEKONG INSTITUTE OPENS APPLICATIONS TO 2020 SAFE FOOD COURSES

Mekong Institute will be organizing a series of safe food courses in 2020 as part of the New Zealand Aid Programme-funded Project on Promoting Food Safety for Everyone (PROSAFE). These regional training programs comprise a major component of the five-year food safety project being implemented in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam (CLMV). The Project primarily […]

Forest Officer, GRET International, Lao PDR

Organization GRET, Professionals for Fair Development is a French international development Non-Government Organization (iNGO), which works from the ground up, with the aim of providing durable and innovative answers to the challenges of poverty and inequalities. GRET is implementing a Bamboo and Rattan Sustainable Value Chain project which includes supporting the implementation of the Huaphanh […]

MADHU DUNIYA 2019 IN PHILIPPINES – CONSERVATION AND CHARACTERIZATION: ASIAN BEES UNIQUE BUT THREATENED

Madhu Duniya is the largest gathering of Asian forest honey producers, scientists, supporters and private sector players in the world, coming together to discuss growing trends, challenges and opportunities in the forest honey and native bee sector. It is held once every four years in Asia, and the Philippines has hosted the 2019 edition of […]