TOA Partners Meeting was held on 15 December 2018 at Pan Hag Farm, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR. There were 23 TOA partners from Bhutan, Cambodia, Myanmar, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam. Expectation: To co-create a self-reliance by pulling our knowledge and resource together; To testify the issues in Laos and coming with actions, sharing our […]
INTRODUCTION The Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) Plenary Meeting and General Assembly serves as an annual gathering of SRP members and partners from governments, international organizations, research institutes, private sector, and civil society groups to discuss experiences and insights in upscaling adoption of climate-smart, sustainable best practices in rice production. This event provides a venue for […]
Pha Tad Ke is the first botanical garden in Laos, created to be a regional research center with the first living collection of the flora of Laos that provides opportunities for collaboration with international botanical institutions. Pha Tad Ke is developed and cared for with the help of dedicated scientists and more than 50 Lao […]
The Lao Farmers Network is a network of farmer organizations of 31 farmer organizations from 11 provinces. The network has more than 4000 members. The Lao Farmers Network was setup in 2014 by 17 Farmer Organizations with a purpose to strengthening cooperation among small holder farmers. Key activities include information sharing, farmer to farmer learning […]
As a first step of the long-run consultation process to shape a future learning platform, On 27th November 2018, ALiSEA organized a working a sort meeting on “Task force meeting of ALiSEA in Laos“. The objective of the working meeting is to present the key findings of the online consultation survey, share the results of the external evaluation of ALiSEA […]
Co-Organizers: Facilitation Association of Economy for Cooperatives (FAEC) Farmer and Nature Net (FNN) Farmer and Water Net (FWN) Federation of Cambodian Farmer Organizations for Development (FCFD) Association Sustainable Agriculture Communities (ASAC) Cambodian Farmers Association Federation of Agricultural Producers (CFAP) Background 6 Federations and Associations of the Farmer Organizations (FO) at national level, including FAEC, FNN, FCFD, CFAP, […]
From 19 to 21 January 2019, H. E. Deputy minister of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) Dr Phouang Parisack PAVONGVIENGKHAM, H. E. Ambassador of France in Lao PDR, Mrs Florence Jeanblanc-Risler, Mr Mathieu Bommier, French Development Agency (AFD) representative in Lao PDR, representatives from MAF departments (Planning and Cooperation, Inspection, Agricultural Land Management, and […]
PGS Vietnam was established in 2008 and operates under the guidance and technical and financial support of ADDA Organic Agriculture Development Project – VNFU (2005-2012). In September 2012, after the ADDA-VNFU project ended, the PGS Coordination Committee met and proposed to ADDA to support the “Seed funding” source. Vietnam PGS system by the end of […]
Department of Geography, University of Yangon conducted “Promoting the floating rice-based agroecological farming systems for a healthy society and adaptation to climate change in the Lower Mekong Region and Myanmar” on 18th January, 2019 at Conference Room, University of Yangon, Myanmar. This workshop purposed to share the knowledge between three countries (Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar) […]
GIZ, together with Consumers International (CI) and local partners, conducted a series of country surveys in 2017/2018 to assess the level of awareness towards food trade standards, with a special focus on Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam. This is set against the backdrop of GIZ’s work on promoting consumer protection as well as the implementation of […]