National Workshops Announcement “Mapping and Assessing University-based Farmer Extension Services in ASEAN through an Agro-ecological/Organic Lens”, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar

Co-Organizers: Chulalongkorn University, School of Agricultural Resources (CUSAR), Thailand Agroecology Learning alliance in South East Asia (ALiSEA), Regional office, Vientiane, Lao PDR United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Bangkok and Hanoi, Offices Can Tho University, Can Tho City (Southern Viet Nam) Royal University of Agriculture, Phnom Penh (Cambodia) Yezin Agriculture University, Nay Pyi […]

Call for Co-Research, quantifying & mapping Southeast Asia’s pesticide usage

GRET together with CIAT in the framework of the Agroecology Learning Alliance in South East Asia (ALiSEA) are planning to conduct an exploratory research initiative to quantify and map Southeast Asia’s pesticide usage. The main objective of this exploratory research initiative is to get an initial appreciation of pesticide usage patterns in key agricultural crops […]

Job vacancy, ADG Belgium (in French)

La vision d’ADG (Aide au Développement Gembloux) est celle d’un monde où chacun et chacune a les moyens de s’alimenter durablement de manière suffisante, saine et équilibrée, de vivre dignement de ses activités et d’exercer pleinement ses droits fondamentaux. Nous, ADG, sommes une ONG de développement belge, légitime et reconnue pour notre expertise dans le […]

Consultation workshop with Farmers’ Organizations’ representatives in Cambodia, October 2016

This workshop was organized in Phnom Penh on the 26th of October as part of ALiSEA objective to support the emergence and promote a shared vision about Agroecology. It involved thirteen farmers, representatives of 8 different Farmer Organizations (FOs). FO here refers to farmer association, federation or network. The objectives of the workshop were: To […]

AsiaGI 2017: Training about Geographical Indications In Asia, Cambodia

Following the successful initial AsiaGI training, held in Bangkok from the 28th of March to the 1st of April 2016 with 28 participants from all parts of Asia, CIRAD and REDD propose to carry out the second edition of ASIAGI in Kampot, Cambodia. Labelling agricultural, food and handicraft products with Geographical Indications (GIs) contributes to regional development, […]

Second call for proposal “Competitive grant scheme” in the framework of ACTAE Regional Project / Cansea Component

With a fast growing population, increased pressure on its natural resources and climate change impacts everyday more present, South East Asia is at a crossroads regarding its agriculture development, calling for an important shift towards an agroecological transition. In this framework, ACTAE project has a regional focus (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam) and aims at […]

Environmental Change, Agricultural Sustainability, and Economic Development in the Lower Mekong Basin conference: Call for papers

The conference will convene at the Royal University of Phnom Penh in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from March 16th to March 18th, 2017. It will be sponsored by the Department of Natural Resource Management and Development at the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP), Western Washington University, and the Global Research Institute at the University of […]

How to make ALiSEA works for your organization…

In the past few months, several communication tools (website, Facebook page, quarterly newsletter) have been developed by the ALiSEA coordination team with the objective to foster learning and sharing initiatives about agroecology in the Mekong Region. Such tools are meant to support by several ways research dissemination and analysis, updates on local, national and regional […]

International Symposium on Agroecology for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems in China, 29-31 August 2016

29-31 August 2016, Kunming, Yunnan, China In September 2014 FAO convened a global symposium on Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition. This has been followed in 2015 by three regional meetings in Brazil, Senegal and Thailand. These meetings have brought together stakeholders from academia, policy and civil society to better understand the role and potential of […]

ValueLinks Introductory Training Seminar in Khmer language, November 21-25 2016, Cambodia

ValueLinks Introductory Training Seminar in Khmer language, Siem Reap, Cambodia There is widespread agreement that economic growth is a precondition for reducing poverty. Development policy aims at generating “pro-poor growth”, creating jobs for the poor and providing small-scale enterpreneurs with new opportunities. It is in this context that “value chain promotion” has emerged as a […]