Pha Tad KeBotanical Garden has started a new permaculture project. This project will involve the development and installation of a permaculture demonstration/research farm in Pha Tad Ke Botanical Garden, Laos with a training program for local farmers, government staff, NPAs and NGO’s. As part of this program, we will teach and showcase sustainable practices and how […]
Regional Vegetable Forum 2019 Supporting the adoption of interventions (improved practices and new technologies) by smallholders for sustainable year-round production of safe fresh vegetables The vegetable sector is becoming a higher focus for research, development and the private sector in Southeast Asia due to the greater nutritional and economic values that can be derived. However, […]
Vientiane Times, August 8, 2019 Source: http://www.vientianetimes.org.la/sub-new/Current/Curr_Xieng179.php Beekeepers from four districts in Xieng Khuang province have been able to collect more than 12 tonnes of fresh, natural honey this year following below-average rainfall. This year’s production represents a significant increase from 2018 when Paek, Phoukoud, Phaxay and Khoun districts managed just under eight tonnes of honey between them […]
IRI is hosting a Digital Story Telling Camp for Lao Youth at Souphanouvong University from September 23-27, 2019. Camp participants will learn how to use digital storytelling as an advocacy tool. Campers’ stories will focus on illuminating the experience of different communities in Laos, highlighting the ways individuals have overcome barriers to inclusion. We are […]
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 […]
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 […]
INTRODUCTION To contribute to the implementation of FLEGT Programme of Government of Laos (GoL) in addressing world concerns related illegal logging and timber trading, with supports from FAO-EU-FLEGT Programme, the Environment Conservation and Community Development Association (ECCDA), a Lao CSO, is implementing a Pro-FLEGT project that will pilot the legality requirements for timber coming from […]
INTRODUCTION To contribute to the implementation of FLEGT Programme of Government of Laos (GoL) in addressing world concerns related illegal logging and timber trading, with supports from FAO-EU-FLEGT Programme, the Environment Conservation and Community Development Association (ECCDA), a Lao CSO, is implementing a Pro-FLEGT project that will pilot the legality requirements for timber coming from […]
The National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute of Laos was established in 1999 in order to consolidate agriculture and forestry research activities within the country and develop a coordinated National Agriculture and Forestry Research System. NAFRI belongs to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) and is equal in status to other technical departments under […]
Company Profile GAIA VITA Co,Ltd – Bio-fertilizers Engineering- GAIA VITA Co,Ltd, to be officially registered in the soon coming time, is a company dedicated to Environmental Sustainable Development, specifically in Agri-Business. Because of the changing market of agricultural inputs (fewer chemicals and more ecological products), the change in the methods of fertilization and the evolution […]